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Dropbox deleting files by itself
I have a Dropbox file that I share with 2 other collaborators and for some reason, I keep getting notices asking if I'm sure I want to delete a file. I didn't want to delete the file and hadn't even ...
Thank you Lusil, I have read all of them and I am pretty sure it was none of the above.
I was actually working on some Indesign documents, and even those lost their names and got a super long number "name" while still open. Besides it was physically impossible for me to delete 49,000 files from hundreds of folders. After I went into dropbox to restore everything deleted in the past 6 minutes, the timer marked 18 hrs to get back everything on my computer and 90% of my folders had the syncing icon turning. I have a mac, no antivirus, no samsungs, events page said it was me ho had deleted them, no different signing in, no external drive -- just me working on my computer as I always do and suddenly I started getting the upper right page notifications of things being deleted and not being able to stop it.
Please let me know if there is anything else I can do, if not I will just back up on an external drive too to be safe.
Thanks!
I have a Mac (pro) as well, and have been experiencing files dispappearing randonly as well. My setup is I have my whole dropbox files (1.5 Tb) on a dedicated 4 Tb WD USB drive. Almost every couple of days, I wil go lookign for a file, and find the whole folder empty. I go to the Dropbox web page, and UNDELETE the files that have been deleted in the past week. I used to UNDELETE everything, but now, its happens so often (the last 6 months) that I just look for huge batches of files that have been deleted, not just single files. I never delete a whole folder of files, so its easy to spot the files I'm missing.
I have, a few times, been working on files in a folder and actually see them get deleted, the files, one by one, pop out of existence
Right now, literally, I am physically moving my dropbox to a brand new 4 TB WD drive, in case the problem was the old drive failing.
I have been assuming its some issue on my end, becaude I have found DropBox pretty bullet proof till now, and this would be a magor bug.
I have this issue for many years now. And decide to address it. I have an external drive for dropbox and when I unplug it and then plugin again in 10 hours, approximately files Deleting automatically from my dropbox without any action from my side. History shows that at 7 AM someone deletes 10 0000 files. But there was no one near the computer. I have no idea what's going on. Of course, I restore files quickly but Why this happens? I have enough space on my hard drive and file, which is was deleted was using actively.
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi Glebich, an external drive can definitely lead to deleted files, as I've noted in this thread with various reasons why it can happen.
Regarding the history you're seeing, this is when the deletion is officially noted on the system, since deletions aren't instant and do take time, so that you can then restore the files.
Hope this helps to clarify matters!
