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Moritz44's avatar
Moritz44
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Rewind of deleted folder

Hello all together,

 

unfortunatley I deleted a folder with an important video of my wedding. The folder is not any more in the delete-folder. Is there any possibility to get this folder back? Is rewind or dropbox-backup an option? I can not rewind my hole dropbox, because I edited important files of my work.

I am greateful for any kind of help.

 

Thank you in advance!

Moritz

  • Hi Moritz44 

     

    Unfortunately not. Rewind is simply a way of restoring files/folders to how they were quickly. It uses the same restore timescales and options as the plans people are on. 

     

    If you deleted it over 30 days ago (assuming you are a free user) its not possible to recover now via Dropbox 😞

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

    Hi Moritz44 

     

    Unfortunately not. Rewind is simply a way of restoring files/folders to how they were quickly. It uses the same restore timescales and options as the plans people are on. 

     

    If you deleted it over 30 days ago (assuming you are a free user) its not possible to recover now via Dropbox 😞

    • Moritz44's avatar
      Moritz44
      Explorer | Level 4
      Thanks Mark for your help.
      The concerning Dropbox Account is premium. Does this change anything?
      Would it be possible to safe the whole Dropbox, do rewind, and then grab the file and reload the data?
      Thank you in advance!
      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
        Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

        Moritz44 wrote:
        The concerning Dropbox Account is premium. Does this change anything?

        It depends on the account. Basic (free), Plus and Family accounts have 30 days of file recovery, while Professional and Business Standard plans have 180 days, and Business Advanced plans have 365 days. Typically though, if the file is no longer in Deleted Files, it's been deleted permanently and cannot be recovered. Note that upgrading to a higher plan now will not help.

    • BruAllNei's avatar
      BruAllNei
      Explorer | Level 3
      I am a Free account user with 1 shared full access user. I just discovered that the shared access user maliciously deleted a massive amount of my data (dozens of folders). Is there a way to get the data back?
      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Sorry to hear about this, BruAllNei.

         

        Were you the owner/creator of this shared folder?

         

        Do you see the deleted files in your deleted files page?

         

        What does your events page say about the deletions?

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