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Horacy
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

File missing from my Dropbox new version. Can I locate my files after months of being deleted?

I have had a basic version dropbox.com account since 2017, during which time I have created many documents. After about a year of not using this account, I logged into it and noticed that drobox had ...
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Mark
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5 months ago
Horacy wrote:

After about a year of not using this account, I logged into it and noticed that drobox had introduced many changes to its appearance and functionalities.

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How can I recover very important documents that took me many months of work to create since 2017?

I'm afraid it isnt possible. After 12 months of inactivity accounts are wiped of data. This is not reversible I'm afraid. 

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