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justinaleo
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Recovering deleted files (older than 30 days)
I have a Dropbox Basic plan - and to date, I've only been on that plan. I deleted files more than 30 days ago (but less than 180 days ago), which means they aren't available for me to recover. With...
- 4 years ago
justinaleo wrote:
Does that mean that if I now upgraded to one of those plans, I would be able to recover those files I deleted between 30 and 180 days ago?
No. You would have had to be on one of the plans with a longer recovery time before the files were deleted. Unfortunately, there's no way to recover those files now. They're already gone.
Rich
Super User II
justinaleo wrote:
Does that mean that if I now upgraded to one of those plans, I would be able to recover those files I deleted between 30 and 180 days ago?
No. You would have had to be on one of the plans with a longer recovery time before the files were deleted. Unfortunately, there's no way to recover those files now. They're already gone.
galaxypacks
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Do you know after the recover days are reached, are user's files also deleted from backup servers? how long before backup servers are updated and files removed from there?
- Rich4 years agoSuper User II
galaxypacks wrote:
Do you know after the recover days are reached, are user's files also deleted from backup servers? how long before backup servers are updated and files removed from there?
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