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pophist
Explorer | Level 4
9 months ago

Just got an email from Dropbox saying that I have deleted 232606 files that I don't recognize.

Just got an email from Dropbox saying that I  have deleted 232606 files. Looking att Dropbox.com it shows a couple of versions one were the deleted files looks ok with just the files I know are delet...
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pophist
Explorer | Level 4

Ok, thanks Mark, but why did I get the email in the first place? It is Swedish, my native language., saying 

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Mark
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9 months ago

Dropbox is just warning you that a large deletion happened - to try and stop you loosing data. 

 

Unfortunately it isnt always the best at identifying moves vs. deletions. 

 

You can turn them off in notifications if you want to.

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