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sebunk
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1 year ago
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Can I restore an account that was deleted?

Hello Dropbox Community!

 

This is my first time using the forum. Nice to meet y'all!

I decided to make this post thinking that maybe someone has ever had or heard about an issue like that. 2 Days ago, I was using the  trial plan for business plan, and I decided to cancel the free trial plan and switch to the "plus" plan, but somehow, the dropbox team decided that it will a good idea to terminate your account if you cancel that plan, and I have no idea why someone would ever add such a thing on the billing page. I terminated my account, and I lost access to my files because I was looking for a downgrade. For 2 days, I've been trying to connect with the Dropbox team to figure and sort this out, but nothing happened so far. My files contain years of work and legal paperwork, and they seem to not care about that. 

 

Does anyone have any idea if I will ever recover my files? I don't really care about the account, but the files are so important to me.

  • sebunk's avatar
    sebunk
    1 year ago

    The Dropbox support team managed to find a solution and sorted the issue!

    I'm happy that I got my files back! Thank you everyone!

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    1 year ago

    Its not usually possible to recover files if an account was deleted. Do you happen to have a device which had Dropbox on that maybe hasnt sync'd the account closure? Or, could you look and search on a device for them?

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    sebunk
    New member | Level 2
    1 year ago

    Hey Hannah! Thank you for your quick reply!


    I want to point out once again how crucial and essential it is for me to get my files back as urgently as possible, as these files directly affect me personally and my business I have no other copy of them anywhere else.


    Please ask your team to do anything possible to make this happen, and accept my apology. My intention was just to get a new plan and get off the trial plan, not to terminate my account. 

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    1 year ago

    Hey sebunk, thanks for reaching out to us and for the ticket numbers.

     

    I located your ticket, which is already with our specialists, added your notes and raised its priority.

     

    You should be getting a response from our team the soonest possible.

  • sebunk's avatar
    sebunk
    New member | Level 2
    1 year ago

    Hey Rich! Thank you a lot for tagging them and helping me out!

    I wish from my heart to get my files back; years of work don't deserve to be gone forever because of a simple mistake like that. 🖤

  • sebunk's avatar
    sebunk
    New member | Level 2
    1 year ago

    Hey Rich,

     

    Yes, I made several tickets:

     

    Ticket #23834268

    Ticket #23838068

    Ticket #23833364

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    1 year ago

    @sebunk wrote:

    For 2 days, I've been trying to connect with the Dropbox team to figure and sort this out, but nothing happened so far.


    Have you contacted Support? If so, what is your ticket number? If not ...

     

    To contact Support, visit the Support page while you're NOT signed in to a Dropbox account, including these forums, and you'll see an option for sign in issues. It's best to use an Incognito or Private browsing session to make sure you're not signed in.

     

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