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EddieSteddie's avatar
EddieSteddie
Explorer | Level 4
7 months ago

Shared Folder - I'm not owner / files all gone and not in deleted?

Hi,    I was (and still am) a member of a shared folder and have editing rights but I am not the owner.   I just saw that all the files in the folder have been deleted at some stage (could have b...
  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    7 months ago

    Yes - the owner of the shared folder has complete ownership rights of it.

     

    Permanent deletion would remove the files so that they arent recoverable, but, also that means they dont appear on Events etc. note this is one process - they dont actively go and 'hide' it from the events log.