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Testbed
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

File request folder mysteriously deleted

Greetings,

I am a free Dropbox user, and have been using Dropbox's File Request function to obtain folders from people within my workgroup.


However, today the folder was mysteriously deleted, and (presumably since my account is free) I am unable to retrieve the files, nor check who did it. All that I can tell is that the folder was deleted (since it appears under the "deleted" section).

 

Retrieving the files isn't a huge issue since I can just get everyone to resubmit, but I was wondering if there was a ay to figure out how/why it got deleted? I went through the "events" section of the account and didn't see any notification of any of the members deleting the folder, so I'm not sure if this was a bug/glitch, or something else.

 

Thank you

3 Replies

  • Testbed's avatar
    Testbed
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Hi @Mark

     

    Sorry if I'm blind, but I couldn't find the place where it mentions the previous versions.

     

    Thank you

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hi from me as well, Testbed!

     

    The Activity option for your folder should be located on the bottom right corner of your screen (after opening the folder you wish to see the activity for).

     

    The previous versions of your folder should appear on the sidebar.

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