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LabelsRus
6 years agoNew member | Level 2
Searching within deleted files
How do I search by file name in deleted files? When I use the search bar it searches not-deleted files, and as far as I can tell all I can do is sort deleted files by date range. I have no clue what ...
- 6 years agoHi there, depending on your plan you could have recovery periods from 30 days to 120 days, and potentially longer if you purchased Extended Version History before the new plans came out.If you use the search bar, the deleted files will appear at the bottom of the list in grey, so you can check those grey files for the one you’re looking for.Hope this info helps!
Bartek Expo Construct
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
I am having the same problem. Today I tried to find one of my deleted files and I had to go through dozens of pages. A searchbox to search within deleted files would be great. I see you had this idea in 2019... Now it's 2022 and it still has not been implemented. The same for EVENTS. I spent an hour browsing manually through all my events to find the deleted contents I needed.
- Walter3 years agoDropbox StaffHey Bartek Expo Construct, thanks for joining the discussion here and sharing your thoughts on this.
I just wanted to mention that you can post your suggestion for a search-box in the deleted files page and/or the events page in our Share an idea area.
This way other users will be able to upvote it to show their interest and/or provide their own feedback on this too.- emclusk3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Posting issues so far for so long has not provided a way to search deleted files. Support thus far has not been helpful for those of us lookiong to find files deleted long ago (I have Packrat gradfathered). Dropbox: are you trying to push users out?
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