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pophist
Explorer | Level 4
9 months ago

Just got an email from Dropbox saying that I have deleted 232606 files that I don't recognize.

Just got an email from Dropbox saying that I  have deleted 232606 files. Looking att Dropbox.com it shows a couple of versions one were the deleted files looks ok with just the files I know are deleted. If I follow the link from the e-mail I get another version with enormous amount of deleted files that I don't recognise. What is up?

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      pophist
      Explorer | Level 4

      Ok, thanks Mark, but why did I get the email in the first place? It is Swedish, my native language., saying 

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        Mark
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        Dropbox is just warning you that a large deletion happened - to try and stop you loosing data. 

         

        Unfortunately it isnt always the best at identifying moves vs. deletions. 

         

        You can turn them off in notifications if you want to.

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