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Admin and other users removed their access and now I can't get into shared folder
My accountants created a shared folder which I never accessed (I got busy and completely forgot about it which is on me). They then removed themselves from the folder and said they made me the owner...
ByTheWillow wrote:
Hi Hannah,
If I didn't accept the invitation and they removed their access, then who becomes the owner?Nobody becomes the owner. The folder will now not have an owner at all.
And I've just noticed that you were sent this in 2018 meaning the folder is 5 years old. It is therefore very, very likely they have not got the folder in their own account anymore (i.e. they deleted it to recover space) meaning its now no longer recoverable. Free accounts can restore for 30 days, paid 180. After that the files are permanently unrecoverable.
My guess here is unless the company can resend you a copy of the files from their own data/archives you have lost them I'm afraid.
Hi Hannah,
Do you perhaps have another solution for me? I don't think the owners of the original folder are very keen to spend more time on this so I don't really want to contact them. Why is the folder saying that it'll ask the owner to allow sharing the folder with me? If I didn't accept the invitation and they removed their access, then who becomes the owner?
Mark
Super User II
Super User II
ByTheWillow wrote:
Hi Hannah,
If I didn't accept the invitation and they removed their access, then who becomes the owner?
Nobody becomes the owner. The folder will now not have an owner at all.
And I've just noticed that you were sent this in 2018 meaning the folder is 5 years old. It is therefore very, very likely they have not got the folder in their own account anymore (i.e. they deleted it to recover space) meaning its now no longer recoverable. Free accounts can restore for 30 days, paid 180. After that the files are permanently unrecoverable.
My guess here is unless the company can resend you a copy of the files from their own data/archives you have lost them I'm afraid.
Thank you Mark! Ja they deleted their access last year so then it's definitely gone. I appreciate your help with this. We live, we learn! Thanks again 🙂
