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My Dropbox administrator has removed me from Dropbox, so how can I check which files and folders I have uploaded from my computer to Dropbox?
Specifically, the man I was working with on software development stole the system and all the ideas and concepts we had been working on for the last few years and ran away. Before he escaped, he removed my access to Dropbox. A few weeks before that I uploaded many files from my computer to Dropbox and I can't remember which. Therefore I need to find out if I can check locally which files and folders I have attached. If anyone can give me guidance or advice I would be grateful.
Hi @Martin Simonovski, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
It wouldn't really be possible to know what files were uploaded to a Dropbox account from the local machine itself.
If they used the desktop app, or the site, then any uploads would be listed on the events page, however, those events are specific to each account.
Do you know exactly what method they used to upload files? Do you see any browser history (such as any Dropbox URLs) that might help shed some light?
This will help me to assist further!
Jay
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Thank you for your reply, Jay. It means a lot to me. For uploading, I used the simplest copy-and-paste method from my computer to the Dropbox app. I don't know which method the other person used for uploading, the only thing I know is that he was using dropbox from a macbook app. I have checked the events page and I can't find anything there.
When you say copy and paste, do you mean pasting into the Dropbox folder, or the Dropbox website?
As you mentioned that the user removed your access, does this mean access to a shared folder? The removal of that shared folder should be visible on the events page, if this is the case.
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If the files were in a shared folder, and your access was removed from it, then there should be a message about this in the events page.
However, it does mean that it wouldn't be possible to recover the files from the shared folder, since you're no longer a member of it.
Are you certain that there's no other copy of the files on your computer, or even another computer that you haven't used since this happened??
You could use file recovery software to potentially recover any data that was locally stored on your machine.
Jay
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A few days later, I realized that my Dropbox administrator had not removed me from Dropbox. Instead, he:
1) Make me an administrator;
2) Cut the folders and files from the shared folder and moved them to his machine.
3) Removed his access from the shared folder.
So how can I check which files and folders I have uploaded from my computer to Dropbox? Specifically, the man I was working with on software development stole the system and all the ideas and concepts we had been working on for the last few years and ran away. Before he escaped, he removed the files and folders. A few weeks before that I uploaded many files from my computer to Dropbox and I can't remember which. Therefore I need to find out if I can check locally which files and folders I have attached. If anyone can give me guidance or advice I would be grateful.
You will, unfortunately, need to manually cross reference the files on your machine and those at www.dropbox.com/home. Or, if you have Dropbox installed on a device everything in the Dropbox folder SHOULD be uploaded - as long as you have quota.
As for previous files www.dropbox.com/events will help 🙂
For shared files, that depends, if the person removed you from the share then there is no way to see what was previously uploaded and what wasn't - all history of the share vanishes as its removed. You may be able to see what Shares existed at www.dropbox.com/share, however, and possibly rejoin some.
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I can't find anything in either Home or Events. They're both empty!
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