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Recovering very old files

Recovering very old files

enrikete
New member | Level 2

Hi, there is an old file which was available by March 2020 in a folder. I would like to know when that file has been removed or moved. The problem I guess it's more than a year ago.

Thanks for any replies.

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Re: Recovering very old files

Rich
Super User II

@enrikete wrote:

Hi, there is an old file which was available by March 2020 in a folder. I would like to know when that file has been removed or moved. The problem I guess it's more than a year ago.


You can try your Events page, but that information likely doesn't go back that far. Unfortunately, you won't be able to recover files from that long ago. The recovery period is just 30 or 180 days, depending on your account level.

Re: Recovering very old files

enrikete
New member | Level 2

Ok thank you very much anyway

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