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Re: I deleted my dropbox and it deleted my desktop and documents folders. How can i restore them?

I deleted my dropbox and it deleted my desktop and documents folders. How can i restore them?

awilson576
Helpful | Level 6

Hi everyone, 

 

I downgraded my Dropbox account, and because it had been syncing my desktop and documents folders, I was over the storage limit for the free account. 

 

I tried to follow the help centre instructions to remove the backups, but i didnt have the same options on my laptop as were shown on the screenshots. 

 

So, i removed the dropbox app. Still no joy. So i deleted my dropbox account. 

 

Now my Desktop and Documents folders are missing, along with all their contents. WTF?

 

Any help greatly appreciated. 

 

 

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awilson576
Helpful | Level 6

nevermind, i did a force quit of Finder and it fixed the Desktop issue

 

Walter
Dropbox Staff

We're glad to hear you're back up and running @awilson576 

 

See you around the Community and have a lovely week ahead! 


Walter
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support


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