How to recover deleted files from Dropbox

Dropbox - is the perfect in its simplicity, system backup and data synchronization. The secret of its popularity lies in the clarity and visibility. Here you put a file in the daddy here, and immediately got him in Daddy elsewhere. You removed a file here and... he immediately disappeared and there? No, and here it is not so simple.

In fact, the service retains the ability to roll back any changes you make within 30 days. If you accidentally delete a folder from Dropbox important for you to report, term paper or a photo folder, then it is, of course, will disappear and all devices connected to your account machines. But do not tear your hair out - you have as many as two ways to correct his mistake.

Firstly, you can go to the service web interface, and here in the toolbar, see the inconspicuous gray icon in the form of a basket, about the existence of which many forget. One click on it toggles the display of your deleted items, which you can restore with two clicks of the mouse.

But that's not all.

The second way is that Dropbox keeps your deleted files not only in the network, but also on your computer. Your system has a special folder is hidden from view, where you can find your deleted files if they are not older than 30 days from the date of destruction.

Open Windows Explorer and type in the address bar the following address% HOMEPATH% \ Dropbox \ .dropbox.cache. This will redirect you to the cache Dropbox folder and shows you all the deleted files you.

Sometimes there are situations where you can not simply deleted the file you want, and have taken and replaced it with a different version. This often happens when a person, for example, uses a service to synchronize the working documents. In this case, Dropbox also does not leave you in the lurch.

Simply click on the file you accidentally overwrote, right-click and select Dropbox menu Show previous versions. You will be redirected to the service's website, where you can restore the correct version of a file.

Thus, as we see, Dropbox - it is not a simple box into which we add and where we obtain the data. Something that stays there and after seemingly complete disappearance of information and can be successfully used to restore it. On the other hand, if you destroyed terrible secret information from Dropbox, but now you know where to erase the tails, so that nobody can restore it.