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vic45za
New member | Level 2
3 months ago

I uploaded a personal file in a shared folder and deleted it. Did my collaborators get notified?

Hi!

I accidentally uploaded a personal dokument in a Shared folder. I realized that and then deleted the document after 5 minutes.

Is there any chance that the 2 persons i shared the file were notified about the upload and had the chance to view it? 

Thanks in advance!


  • vic45za wrote:

    Hi!

    I accidentally uploaded a personal dokument in a Shared folder. I realized that and then deleted the document after 5 minutes.

    Is there any chance that the 2 persons i shared the file were notified about the upload and had the chance to view it? 

    Thanks in advance!


    The only way they would be notified would be if they were online and saw said notification on there desktop. Dropbox doesn't send email notifications so they wont have anything like that 🙂

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    vic45za wrote:

    Hi!

    I accidentally uploaded a personal dokument in a Shared folder. I realized that and then deleted the document after 5 minutes.

    Is there any chance that the 2 persons i shared the file were notified about the upload and had the chance to view it? 

    Thanks in advance!


    The only way they would be notified would be if they were online and saw said notification on there desktop. Dropbox doesn't send email notifications so they wont have anything like that 🙂

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