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Alexander-1973
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

Shared folder empty on devices and online

There is a folder that our band members use to sync songs, images, lyrics, etc. It recently turned up completely empty for all of us, on our devices and on dropbox.com. None of us remembers havin...
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Alexander-1973
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

Wow, thanks, that brought me on the right track.
In the events page I can actually see that a "Dave [removed]" deleted all the files: 

I have no idea why he would have access to this folder. He is not in our band.

How can this be reversed (if at all 😬) - and be prevented in the future?

Best, Alex

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