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Chloe861
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Recover Files from dead link

Hello!    I found some old Dropbox links, with files with emotional value, but since those links are from 2015/1016. I know the chances are very high the files are gone forever, but I still want to...
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Mark's avatar
Mark
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4 years ago

Hi Chloe

 

I'm afraid if the account the links were attached to has been closed the files are permanently removed. There is no way, at all, to recover them 😞 

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