Is there anyway to recover an account that has been deleted?

It was NOT obvious that I would lose controll of my account when I was invited to dropbox buisness. I assumed that it would be the same thing as when someone invite me to shares a folder in Dropbox basic, that I would have access to a shared folder. That should be a big warning that demonstrates that I now abandon all control over my account! My private account! So stupid of DROPBOX to do like this! Do not understand why they have built up in this way, it is illogical that someone else to take over control of my private account! I have been in contact with dropbox support and they say that there is a possibility to recover the deleted account and files. However not got it restored yet, but I'm will nag on until they do it!

DANGER! DO NOT JOIN ANOTHER COMPANY'S TEAM! Recently all warnings have disappeared from the onboarding process - today my wife's account was deleted when she was asked to join the team dropbox from another company - she has lost all her drop box files and her own account was deleted with no warnings at all! Please reinstate the warnings that all your own business files will be deleted if you join another company's team!

can i get my deleted account back , it really important

I was prompted by dropbox that my work account wasn't used in two years (which was true). I decided to follow the link through my work email to delete the account. What happened was it deleted my personal account. I definitely did not want my personal account deleted, and I have no explanation how the two accounts were linked other than I may have used my personal email address as a backup on my work account (and vice versa; my work email as a backup on my personal account). I use my personal account regularly (a couple times a week) and if the two emails were linked like this, I would assume they wouldn't have sent me this inactive email in the first place. I'm very upset right now and looking for any guidance to recover my personal account.

When I made the account at work it was pretty obvious I was making a work or business account. That's about it from the "pretty obvious" standpoint. When I made my account at home I never once converted it to a "business" through a "business invite". I don't even know what that would look like if I wanted to. I may have used my work email as a BACKUP to my primary. That is in no way a "pretty obvious" way of making it a business account or having any desire to link the two accounts together.

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Richard P.
Super User alumni
10 years ago
Nope, its gone.
Mark
Super User II
10 years ago
Just to confirm Richard is correct.

You selected that the account was deleted so it was - all data / referrals etc. are removed
Richard P.
Super User alumni
9 years ago
No, deleted accounts cannot be recovered.
Mark
Super User II
9 years ago
I dont think you can Brian I'm afraid.

Log a ticket and ask. www.dropbox.com/support

I think what may have happened is you've been logged in to your personal account (software installed on your machine?) and it does warn you which accounts are being removed as you do the process.
Elise Paisley
New member | Level 1
9 years ago
The same thing that happened to Brian happened to me! At least I want my account with all my space in his back. Unfortunately I guess it's my files are gone I'm SOL. This is a really bad set up from dropbox.
Allison C.7
New member | Level 1
9 years ago
I have a Dropbox Pro account and have for several years. My business account got linked to it, and the business admin today accidentally deleted my whole account. Is it gone forever? Even as a Dropbox Pro user?
Rich
Super User II
9 years ago
My business account got linked to it, and the business admin today accidentally deleted my whole account.

Have the business team admin contact Support to see if they can restore the account.

Note to everyone else... This is a unique situation that occurs when a business account removes a member from their team. It is not the same as when you go through the process to delete an account. Support will not be able to restore your accounts if you've deleted it yourself.
Jonas Ö.1
New member | Level 1
9 years ago
That happened to me too, everything is gone! Hate it.
This is a serious problem that dropbox has to fix. No one except me may delete my account!
Richard P.
Super User alumni
9 years ago
The moment you accept the Business invite and go through the (pretty obvious) process of converting the account to a Business one, the account is no longer yours. During the process, you are given the option of transferring your personal files to a new account, but the moment you complete the process its no longer your account.

There is nothing to fix imho.
Leila P.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago
So what's the solution to get the account back when a business account accidentally deletes your pro account? The business deleted my account and when they invited me back to try to get my files back my folder wasn't there. I have emailed support about 8 times in 10 days and I haven't gotten any response.