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vnyborg's avatar
vnyborg
New member | Level 1
31 days ago

All of my files have been deleted, can I recover them?

Ive had a dropbox account for over 20yrs, I logged in recently and noticed every single file is gone. Its like its a new account. I go back in my email and seen an email in Aug saying I'm a team admin, which my teams account is locked and all files will be deleted if not renewed. 

I had no idea my personal account was converted into a teams account. I dont even have own a business. 

Seems like theres no way to get in contact with anyone from dropbox, which is ridiculous. I need to find a way to get those files back. I have memories of my children that I cant replace.

Can someone help me, 

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

    Unfortunately if you havent responded to the emails saying the data would be deleted then its almost certain you cannot recover it - especially one so long ago. Usually once its deleted its immediately unrecoverable. 

    You will need to speak to Support to see if there is anyway to do this: www.dropbox.com/support.

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