Permanent file deletions
Prevent members of your team from permanently deleting files or folders, ensuring a more complete file history for your business.
Normally, the person who uploads a file, or the owner of a shared folder, has the ability to permanently delete files in Dropbox. However, the team admin of a Dropbox Business account can limit the ability to permanently delete files to team admins only.
Limit the ability to permanently delete files to team admins:
- Sign in to the Dropbox website with your admin credentials.
- Go to the Authentication tab in the Dropbox admin console.
- Under Permanent Delete, select No.
- Your team members will no longer see the option to permanently delete files.

Note: Team admins will still be able to permanently delete files, even if the Permanent Delete setting is set to No.