Deleting individual files from a shared folder will remove them for all members of the shared folder. This means that not only is Tom stuck, but the rest of the accounting department that needed that file can’t work either.
Recovering the file is easy. His admin can do one of two things: instruct Tom to recover the file on his own; or use the log in as user feature to log in to Tom’s account, and recover the file for him.
Either way, the file recovery steps are the same.
You can recover any file or folder deleted in the last 30 days from dropbox.com (180 days if you have a Dropbox team account or a Dropbox Plus account with extended version history).
Normally, the person who uploads a file or the owner of a shared folder or Paper doc has the ability to permanently delete those items from Dropbox. However, Dropbox team admins can limit their team’s ability to permanently delete content.
Hey, we know accidents happen—that’s why we’ve made it simple and headache-free to recover your most important documents. After Tom recovered his deleted file, he got back to business.