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How do I search deleted files?
I know one can access a list of deleted files and deleted files in Backups, but I cannot figure out how to search! It seems I must know the exact name of the file or folder to find it in the list to ...
Thank you. I agree. Search seems like a basic and reasonable ask among deleted files. If I can search all my files, why can't I search deleted ones?
It's just rediculous. I think this is finally my impetus to move out of dropbox and roll my own cloud solution with a NAS. I had to drive 90mins one-way to get the file since it was a worst case work scenario and I was relying on dropbox as the rescue in the event of this low chance event happening. I still can't believe I can't SEARCH freaking deleted files by file name (and the issue was brought up in 2019 and now it's 2024) since the whole point of having hang over deleted files is recovery "just in case". One of the selling points of me keeping dropbox and also paying for the extended versioning...which I haven't tried yet in an emergency but I guess I better since this most recent surprise....
