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Sclayboss
4 months agoNew member | Level 2
My personal files were deleted after my Dropbox account was disconnected from the team.
I had my personal Dropbox account long before it was connected to a business account for work. When the business account administrator removed me from their Dropbox, all of my personal files were del...
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
4 months agoSorry to hear this happened, Sclayboss.
It sounds like your team admin chose to delete your Dropbox account indeed, instead of converting it to a personal one upon removing you from their Dropbox team.
Can you clarify how many days it's been since the admin deleted your Dropbox account and its files?
What we generally recommend, in cases like this, is to have your admin restore your Dropbox account (within 7 days of its deletion) and then convert it to a personal one after that with these steps. This way, you should be able to access your files again without being linked to your previous Dropbox team.
Let me know if that helps.
- Rich4 months ago
Super User II
Sclayboss wrote:
Is there any way Dropbox can help restore my personal files?
Adding a comment just to stress the importance of contacting the team admin quickly, within 7 days of the account deletion. After that, there's no way to recover the files. Dropbox cannot recover the account or the files. Only the team admin can do it.
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