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misterhank
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Can't restore files I deleted an hour ago

Help - deleted files

I've stupidly deleted a folder from my Dropbox  (about an hour ago!) and it's not showing up in the deleted files in the left pane.
I can't figure out how to recover it - can anyone help? Please!

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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    2 years ago

    Welcome to the forum, misterhank!

     

    Is there any chance you permanently deleted that folder from your Dropbox account? 

     

    If yes, I'm afraid there's no way to restore it, since it will have gotten immediately removed from our servers, too. 

     

    Let me know.

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    2 years ago

    Welcome to the forum, misterhank!

     

    Is there any chance you permanently deleted that folder from your Dropbox account? 

     

    If yes, I'm afraid there's no way to restore it, since it will have gotten immediately removed from our servers, too. 

     

    Let me know.

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