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CMM27
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

Reorganizing Files on Laptop - Dropbox Paper Files now Deleted

  Hi - pretty urgent issue here so I'll try to be thorough:   Today I spent some time reorganizing the files on my macbook, and as I planned to start using Dropbox for specific file/media types...
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CMM27
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

Hi Jay,

Yes I was able to gather that by opening them in VSCode, which showed the URL/access token for each file.

 

I did not permanently delete anything - I just marked the checkbox for each folder appearing in the Dropobox GUI and pressed 'delete'.

 

Every other file is in my Deleted Files folder but I can't find any of the Paper documents.

 

Thanks

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Hannah
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11 months ago

Hey CMM27, can you also take a look in your events page?

 

Are you able to locate the deletion event(s) for those Paper docs?

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    CMM27
    Explorer | Level 3
    11 months ago

    Tens of thousands of individual documents were deleted so unfortunately scrolling til the end of the earth looking for it isn't really an option. And the search bar just goes back to searching existing files.

     

    What do you suggest?

     

    Edit: And for the record, I did successfully open more than one of these documents earlier in the day/week, so I know for certain that the deletion happened yesterday and not >30 days ago where they'd no longer appear in Deleted Files.

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      Nancy
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      11 months ago

      CMM27, if you go back to your Events page and click on the “All events” dropdown menu (on the right side of your screen), you can type in “paper” and select the relevant deletion events, so that you can restore your Paper docs without scrolling all the way down the list.

       

      Let me know if that helps at all.

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        CMM27
        Explorer | Level 3
        11 months ago

        Clicking the dropdown doesn't expose a text field. It only displays the 'all events' option and nothing else – screenshot attached

         

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