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New member | Level 2

4 years ago

Can I recover a deleted account?

I deleted my dropbox account by mistake and would really like to recover it. I had an account under [removed per the Community's Guidelines]

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Rich
3 years ago
basheer wrote:
can we recover a deleted personal account from dropbox

If you deleted the account or it if was deleted due to inactivity, no, it cannot be recovered. If the account was part of a Business team and deleted within the last 7 days, the team admin might be able to restore it.

New member | Level 2

2 years ago

I deleted my dropbox account not realizing that my filmmaker pro was on dropbox - how can I recover it?

Hannah
Dropbox Staff
2 years ago
Hey ltpe, thanks for reaching out to us.

I moved your post to this thread with info relevant to your query.

If you still have any questions, please let us know.
- Drate101
  New member | Level 2
  2 months ago
  Hi my former business account got deleted and I only realised it a month too late. Is there any way my account and data can be recovered?
  - Mark
    Super User II
    2 months ago
    Drate101 wrote:
    Hi my former business account got deleted and I only realised it a month too late. Is there any way my account and data can be recovered?
    
    No, sorry.
    
    Inactive accounts are immediately not recoverable and business ones 7 days.

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