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KL000
New member | Level 2

I logged into Dropbox recently to check my wedding photo album (!!!) and EVERYTHING I have in Dropbox is GONE!!! Since I have a free account apparently there is no way to contact email or phone support about this, I am just being sent in circles on the help center. This is inexcusable customer service and I refuse to pay them to restore this egregious error. Is there any way I contact a live person???

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Mark
Super User II

You can restore them yourself as long as you deleted them within 30 days by following: https://help.dropbox.com/delete-restore/recover-deleted-files-folders

 

If it was over that I'm afraid they are not recoverable. www.dropbox.com/events will give a clue as to when the deletion happened. Note that Dropbox cannot delete files on its own - it can only replicate what its told to do.

 


@KL000 wrote:

Is there any way I contact a live person???


The only way is to pay for an upgrade and then contact support. 


 


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KL000
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I did not delete the files. Thanks for sharing the events link, but there is no activity showing up even on the days I know I first accessed these photos from the vendor.

Mark
Super User II

How did you access the files @KL000 ? Can you see the files being added to your Dropbox or not?

 

Did they send you a link? If so they wont be in YOUR Dropbox (unless you actively added them) they will still be on the vendors. 


 


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KL000
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Just to clarify, the ONLY thing in my entire account is the "getting started" PDF. It is dated from 2014, which sounds like when I might have first created the account and tells me it is the same account. Not a single other file or photo. No warnings from Dropbox about anything being at risk. No history of any activity.

 

The album was a link, and I do have it backed up elsewhere (thankfully), but I thought I had saved it to my own Dropbox to easily access and share with others!

Hannah
Dropbox Staff

Hey @KL000, did perhaps someone send you a shared folder invitation in order to access those photos?

 

Perhaps the person that shared the folder with you, removed you from the folder.

 

In that case, you'd have to reach out to them, to re-share it with you, but I'm glad to see that you had another copy elsewhere and the photos aren't lost.

 

Let us know if you need anything else.


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KL000
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Thanks, but this still doesn't address that, regardless of this particular album I went looking for, my entire account is 100% empty and has no activity history! Do I seriously have to pay for a premium account to get Dropbox to respond to me directly?

Hannah
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Due to security reasons, we can't access account specific info like this from the Community, @KL000.

 

Do you remember any example file names? and have you tried searching for those files through the search bar in your all files page, to see what you can find?


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Mark
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@KL000 wrote:

Do I seriously have to pay for a premium account to get Dropbox to respond to me directly?


Dropbox are responding to you - they are answering you here. 

 

BUT ultimately they Support Teams arent going to say anything other. 

 

If all your account shows no activity history then there isnt any on this account. 

 

Which makes me wonder - how long is it since you last logged in? Accounts have data wiped after 12 months of inactivity. 


 


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KL000
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From email records I can see that I accessed the link to that photo album on February 6, 2023 and reviewed and downloaded those photos over the course of the month. I have sign-in codes dated Feb. 24. So if it was less than year when I logged in this past Sunday, why is there no files and no record of that activity?

 

Sure would be nice if Dropbox sent their customers a f*cking warning about inactivity before simply wiping data! Guess I'll be finding a different service provider if I ever need to upgrade my file storage.

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