PSA: File sharing sites will delete inactive accounts

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PSA: File sharing sites will delete inactive accounts

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I know there's Mediafire and Google Drive that'll delete your files and account if you haven't logged in for 8 months (Mediafire) or 2 years (GDrive), not sure which other file sharing site establish such policy, hopefully 4shared isn't one of them.


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Re: PSA: File sharing sites will delete inactive accounts

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4shared - Your account will be deactivated automatically if you have not logged into it for 180 days.

mega - can immediately suspend or terminate your access to the website and our services without notice to you if you are using a free account and that account has been inactive for over 3 months or we have been unable to contact you using the email address in your account details.
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welp, time to login to my other 4shared and mega account then

and....my second 4shared account is kill. Great job 4shared.
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No good, even with forgotten password option it says "This account does not exist".

Granted I haven't accessed it since like, 2 years ago. Strangely 4shared has never told me this account has been closed or such beforehand either. Chances the account has been deleted before this policy was put in effect.
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You were just a year and a half late. :oops:
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