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DeeJay64
May 04, 2017Aspirant
How to recover deleted ReadyCloud accounts
So after the 3/30/17 ReadyCloud server issue, I was trying to recover the disconnected cloud user accounts. And this was prior to finally getting the email from Netgear explaining the problem 25 DAY...
BingkeX
May 04, 2017NETGEAR Expert
Hello Deejay64,
When you sign in http://readycloud.netgear.com with your own readycloud account, can you see your device on Home tab?
If yes, right click a share on Home tab, and then click "Share" button->"Full Folder Access" option ->input your previous readycloud user email account -> click "Invite" button.
Then your previous cloud user's email address would receive a confirmatiom email. Click the link in email to sign in and confirm the invitation. After that your previous cloud user is back to your NAS system, and he can access your nas.
Best Regards.
DeeJay64
May 04, 2017Aspirant
Ok, thank you that worked for the local user shares. I was trying to connect a cloud user back to their folder under Home > 'User Folder'. Once I invited the user to their previous local share, their cloud account appeared however it created a new cloud folder under Home. Which is fine but now I have extra cloud user folders that I cannot seem to delete. The right click options are only Browse, Download and Recover from the Admn page & Browse, Create Web Link and Recover from the ReadyCloud webpage.
Thanks again,
Don
- JennCMay 04, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello DeeJay64,
Each ReadyCloud user you add/invite will have its own share under Home, so if there is already an existing one that has the same name of the ReadyCloud user account before you added the ReadyCloud user, back up the data that is stored to it then delete it. Then let the ReadyCloud user access the NAS so he/she will have his/her own share created.
Regards,
- JennCMay 04, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello DeeJay64,
You may access or delete them using your local admin account and map the NAS.
Regards,
- DeeJay64May 06, 2017Aspirant
Jenn,
That's what I thought also and tried that prior to asking for info in the community. I can delete the folders but they immediatly return, even logging in with the admin account. Has me sort of baffled atm, but haven't really had a lot of time to spend on it.
Don
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