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Creation of a "Mobile Uploads" folder
We have an instance of Dropbox which is used by multiple people within our private organization. We each have our own personal instances of Dropbox and have been given permission to certain folders ...
Just for your information, version history isn't available on folders, but files. If you had a file in the Mobile Uploads folder, the version history would show from which device the file was uploaded.
Without knowing where it originated from, it wouldn't be possible to tell, however, given the name, most likely a file was uploaded via the Dropbox mobile app and this folder was created.
Megan
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Dropbox Community ModeratorHi ClarkP, thanks for clarifying!
It's indeed interesting that the change only happened on your end. If another member of the shared folder did it, it would also appear that way for them too. Can you follow the steps mentioned here, in order to check the Activity, or Events of the folder, and see what happened?
Your events page will also be helpful. The Events page at www.dropbox.com/events gives you an overview of all activity in your account including files events (adds/edits/deletes), as well as adding or removing shared folders.
Also, have you tried moving the folder back, to the path that you want it to be outside of your mobile uploads?
I didn't get there by exactly the approach you suggested, but I was able to access "All Events" information. Turns out Mobile Uploads was actually added on 1/22/2023, not 1/23/2023. Event is pasted in below. As you can see, supposedly I added it by some unknown action that I took.
I expanded the "All Events" history in the screenshot below. The earliest event BEFORE 22 January 2023 was on 19 January 2023 (not included in the screenshot). The two deletions that appear 1 minute AFTER the Mobile Uploads creation were in my personal Dropbox storage, NOT in the shared folders for the organization.
Please let me know if additional information would be helpful.
I have NOT tried moving "FolderX" from within the "Mobile Uploads" folder because I want to be very sure I do not impact the way this appears from within the main organization folder hierarchy. I am willing to try that if you are "sure" it won't impact the main Dropbox instance.
