​​Prevent Dropbox team members from permanently deleting files

Updated Oct 10, 2023
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This information in this article applies to certain types of admins on Dropbox Professional, Essentials, Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, and Enterprise.

Certain types of Dropbox admins can manage whether team members have the ability to permanently delete content.

To prevent team members from permanently deleting files:

  1. Log in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
  2. Click Admin console.
  3. Click Settings.
  4. Under Content, click Deletion.
  5. Toggle Permanent delete to Off.
  6. Click Save.
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Notes:

  • Even if Permanent delete is set to Off, admins will still be able to permanently delete files if they sign in as a team member.
  • This setting is not integrated with Dropbox Replay.
  • This setting doesn’t apply to Send and track content.

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