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john l.134
Explorer | Level 4
7 months ago

What's the difference between Dropbox Backup and 'normal' Dropbox? Can files be deleted / restored?

As I understand it, "Backup" creates an additional copy of files so that if my computer were hacked and my dropbox files were deleted, including those in the dropbox cloud, I could still restore them...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    7 months ago

    Hey john l.134 - sorry to jump in here, but I wanted to mention that in the case you mentioned, you'd be able to use the Dropbox Rewind feature which allows you to go back in time within your account's version history.

     

    Let us know if you have any other questions! 

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john l.134
Explorer | Level 4

Yes, I do have a login password.   Just one more follow up question:  I have thousands of files in my dropbox.  If it were deleted or compromised, would I have to recover the files one-by-one, or could I recover my whole dropbox folder all at once?   Again, many thanks!

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Walter
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7 months ago

Hey john l.134 - sorry to jump in here, but I wanted to mention that in the case you mentioned, you'd be able to use the Dropbox Rewind feature which allows you to go back in time within your account's version history.

 

Let us know if you have any other questions! 

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