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Hi,
My account was deleted by mistake. it contained very valuable family photos that only existed on my account. It was my mistake. I was told my account cannot be restored due to security reasons. I had this account for years and had occasionally subscription plans that I can prove this is my account. Any idea this can help?
This happened when I tried to cancel business trial and accidentally deleted my account.
Thanks
Hi there, @Tomytis, thanks for reaching out to us and sorry to hear that.
Can we send you an email, so we can take a closer look into this internally?
Let me know.
Hannah
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I upgraded my Dropbox Plus to a Dropbox Business a few days ago. I then realised it wasn't for me and cancelled the free trial, hoping to return to my previous personal subscription. However, it appears that my entire account and files have been deactivated and I am no longer able to log in to my account.
Will I be able to recover the files?
Hey @Tanja3, sorry to hear about this.
Can we reach out to you via email, to investigate this further?
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Unfortunately the data is deleted immediately - as you are told when its deleted and you have to confirm via entering password etc. again.
They have to then follow that and do what it says and has been requested otherwise there could be legal implications for them. They cannot keep and store data that a user has explicitly told them to remove and delete.
In terms of the images do you have any still sync'd to your device? They should still be there
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It's mind boggling how dropbox is incapable of implementing some sort of fuse mechanism. Give it 24 hours or so to revert. I've red so many stories about it, people complaint yet nothing is done/ Think about anything related to work and hours, days of work invested only to be locked in the No Mans Land forever. How about photos of a new born, in my case, they are gone forever. I refuse to accept such an indolence and insensibility on dropbox side.
No, I never sync my files and I don't want to sync, otherwise I would not buy services from dropbox. That's how I run my business.
I was also asked to provide as much info about my deleted account as I can, as if I had chance to recover my files. But no, it was just a template questions. Laughable and careless way to communicate.
It's sadness filled with anger of dropbox incompetence. Do I take responsibility on my side. Yes, I do, for giving so much trust in dropbox hands.
Hi Tomytis,
O am glad it worked out for you. I am in the same dire situation like yours. Could you hsare which account on X.com should I contact? Thank you very much.
It's "Dropbox Support". Good look solving it!
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