How to restore files from ".dropbox.cache" > "old_files"

[sparrsh]

I deleted lot of my important data recently by misunderstanding of the app. Now I want to recover these files which are not available in "Deleted Files" section of website. but luckily I saw my files in Dropbox file explorer folder in hidden folder named ".dropbox.cache" > "old_files". All my data there is saved but in different file format (example, file name - "a8fff1a181c2345295e9ba2803347fff"). I can open it with VLC. But I am unable to restore it as previous (Correct) file format.

What are these types of files called? Can I restore it? Online or with help of any application?

Thank You!

[Rich · Accepted solution]

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@sparrsh wrote:

What are these types of files called? Can I restore it? Online or with help of any application?

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There's no function to restore files from cache. You'd have to do it manually, assuming the files are complete. If they are the complete files, just rename them and include a proper file extension for whatever the file type is.

[sparrsh]

Yes I just did that. That is only way. Thanks man!!