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Feet
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

Version history not working on document, I need an old version

Hi,   By accident I deleted a part of a document. Now I want to recover this part with the old version (I deleted the part of the document less than 30 days ago) But when I go to version history ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    4 months ago

    If there is not showing any version history available at all on the file it hasnt been edited in over 30 days on Dropbox. 

     

    Is it possible you moved it / renamed it / relocated it? Dropbox sometimes doesnt link moves together easily. 

    Have you checked www.dropbox.com/events to see when it was last edited? 

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Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
4 months ago

If there is not showing any version history available at all on the file it hasnt been edited in over 30 days on Dropbox. 

 

Is it possible you moved it / renamed it / relocated it? Dropbox sometimes doesnt link moves together easily. 

Have you checked www.dropbox.com/events to see when it was last edited? 

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    Feet
    New member | Level 2
    4 months ago

    Hi Mark,

     

    Thank you for quick response.

     

    Really clear answer, I solved the problem indeed.

     

    Again thank you very much!

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