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Serhii Fil
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Account deleted due to inactivity?

Hello, the problem is that I had an account that I hadn't logged into for a long time, when I decided to log in, I didn't remember the password, then I wanted to change the password, but I didn't rec...
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Rich
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3 years ago
Serhii Fil wrote:
After that, I tried to register again and it worked, is there any other way to restore the old data that was on this account, because it turns out that my account was deleted?

Unfortunately, no. Once an account has been deleted, it's not possible to recover the account or the files it contained. Accounts that remain idle for more than a year are deleted due to inactivity.

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