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P P.1
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Reactivate Deactivated Account

I had a pro account (paid thru Oct.) but had to delete the files and deactivate the account. After review, I realized there were some files that I didn't have saved locally. Now I'm trying to find a ...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    10 years ago

    There's likely no way to recover the files. You deleted the account, so all files and history in that account were likely deleted as well. All you can really do is open a ticket and ask Support.

    Open your ticket here: https://www.dropbox.com/support
    Track your ticket here: https://dropbox.zendesk.com

    Replies take approximately 1 - 3 business days with Pro users getting priority (longer for Basic users).

Mark's avatar
Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
10 years ago

Dropbox have previously said that once an account is deleted the data is removed so as Rich said that is now unrecoverable.

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