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kaybeeirl
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Why is my account deleted and I created a new one?

I have just tried to log into my account which I've had for almost 10 years and it says 'create account'.  I proceeded and what I am seeing is a brand new account under the email that I've been usi...
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kaybeeirl
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Hi Jay

 

Thanks so much for this message - I've contacted the admin from the company, hopefully this works out. 

 

 

 

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Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
3 years ago
kaybeeirl wrote:

I've contacted the admin from the company, hopefully this works out. 

Stay on them about it. They only have seven days to restore the account before it will be unrecoverable.

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    kaybeeirl
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    She says she can see my files on her end so even if they just share them all with me that will be good for me. 

    Maybe it is something that dropbox can look into - making it a two person step for deleting a whole account? Especially if the account was created 10+ years before the team was joined.  Will suggest it (once I get my work back)

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      Rich
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      3 years ago
      kaybeeirl wrote:

      Maybe it is something that dropbox can look into - making it a two person step for deleting a whole account?

      The issue there is that once you agree to merge your account into a Business team account, you no longer own the account; the business does. It's because of this that they're able to delete an account without the user's approval. They own the account and pay for the license that the account is using.

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        kaybeeirl
        Explorer | Level 4
        3 years ago

        Ok guys, great news! I got all my files back. I was recovered, readded to the team and all my personal files transferred back to me. 

        Now I just need to know how to safely leave the team while keeping my personal account and all my files so this doesn't happen again. 

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