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Moritz44's avatar
Moritz44
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Rewind of deleted folder

Hello all together,   unfortunatley I deleted a folder with an important video of my wedding. The folder is not any more in the delete-folder. Is there any possibility to get this folder back? Is...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    2 years ago

    Hi Moritz44 

     

    Unfortunately not. Rewind is simply a way of restoring files/folders to how they were quickly. It uses the same restore timescales and options as the plans people are on. 

     

    If you deleted it over 30 days ago (assuming you are a free user) its not possible to recover now via Dropbox 😞

BruAllNei's avatar
BruAllNei
Explorer | Level 3
I am a Free account user with 1 shared full access user. I just discovered that the shared access user maliciously deleted a massive amount of my data (dozens of folders). Is there a way to get the data back?
Hannah's avatar
Hannah
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Sorry to hear about this, BruAllNei.

 

Were you the owner/creator of this shared folder?

 

Do you see the deleted files in your deleted files page?

 

What does your events page say about the deletions?

  • BruAllNei's avatar
    BruAllNei
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Sorry to hear about this, @BruAllNei.

     

    Were you the owner/creator of this shared folder?  YES, I am...

     

    Do you see the deleted files in your deleted files page?   NO.

     

    What does your events page say about the deletions? 

      I don't see an "Events" page or any history of the deletions - apparently the one person who had the shared access removed his access to my account after permanently deleting my folders (I had used over 95% the amount of data one gets with the Free account, now I have over 95% available)...

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      2 years ago

      Hey BruAllNei, sorry to jump in.

       

      You can navigate to your events page by clicking on this link. Do you see any actions regarding the deleted folder there? 

      • BruAllNei's avatar
        BruAllNei
        Explorer | Level 3
        2 years ago

        Yes,  I see that the person who had shared access "removed" access to the shared folder on July 19th...the thing is, once that was done I lost all that data.  
        The data did not belong to that person, I only shared access to it with him.  What can I do to get my folders/files back ??

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