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vandermark1977
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Shared folder missing/deleted, how can I get it back?

I have a shared folder with aprox. 8 persons. I have a dropbox plus account. The shared folder has been deleted from my dropbox and we don't know how that happened.   The folder does not show i...
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vandermark1977
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

When I try to make a new folder with the same name ('Beamteam'). It says:

 

"You already have a folder with the name '/Beamteam' "

 

But i cannot find it...

 

 

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Jay
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2 years ago

Have you tried using the search bar on the Dropbox site to locate that folder?

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    vandermark1977
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Yes, it was not found.

    Luckily, we have a backup from laptop and we recreated the shared folder from scratch...

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