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izzywizzy
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Need to see creation date of backups loaded to Dropbox
I am using Dropbox as a secondary backup for customer files from my server. If a customer needs me to restore their data from a particular date I have to locate the files they want by the backup da...
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey izzywizzy, welcome to the Dropbox Community.
While you can't see the creation date of a file in the list view, if you select a file and look at the (i) info on the right side of the page, specifically in "Properties", you should be able to see the "date created" metadata of each file.
I hope this helps.
Let me know if you have any questions.
NutritionNut
8 months agoHelpful | Level 6
Hey Hannah, this does not work to see the actual creation date. Only "Modified" shows up.
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