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Files maliciously deleted. How can I restore them?
Yesterday (1/31/25) a terminated employee deleted 50 files out of various Dropbox folders before we could remove his access. We need help recovering those files. Despite the Help instructions we con...
Ok, no need to respond. I was able to find the Deleted folder after all and was able to successfully restore the missing files. Please ignore my post and help others who may still need assistance. Thanks.
Ok, no need to respond. I was able to find the Deleted folder after all and was able to successfully restore the missing files. Please ignore my post and help others who may still need assistance. Thanks.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIPleased it is sorted, however, what I will say here is that you must put in place some form of secure backups. If that employee (or anybody) used the web to permanently delete them they are not, at all, recoverable via Dropbox. Also, if it is over 30 days and you are a free user, again, not recoverable at all.
ALL companies should have multiple layers of backup available.
