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mrlouigi3
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11 months ago

Restore Unsynced files

I lost a bunch of files when trying to activate selective sync to save space and I've been giving myself headaches trying to figure out how to get them back. At this point I would love to just upgrade to a paid plan with more storage and restore my files to where they were before the sync debacle. What subscription level would me this capability?

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    11 months ago

    If they werent sync'd then you cannot recover via Dropbox I'm afraid. 

    Dropbox doesn't know the exist, it has no way to recover what isn't on the cloud. 

    Sorry :( 

  • mrlouigi3's avatar
    mrlouigi3
    New member | Level 1
    11 months ago

    The files were in Dropbox. Lost access somehow when I did selective sync trying to free up space.

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    11 months ago

    If they were on Dropbox use www.dropbox.com/events to find them and you can restore from there. 

    Or go to the directory they were in and click on 'Show deleted files'. 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    11 months ago
    mrlouigi3 wrote:

    I would love to just upgrade to a paid plan with more storage and restore my files ... What subscription level would me this capability?

    Upgrading doesn't offer any extra restore capability for files already deleted. The extended recovery time that some plans offer only applies to files deleted after you've upgraded.

    If you're not able to recover the files through the Events page or Deleted Files, then there's no account level that would help further.

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