How to Fix 'Roaming Profiles Don't Delete Files' Issue

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Dany· Answered on Jan 05, 2023

It will not happen every day that the files you deleted come up again while using Windows Server. The problem's root is Remote App. When users open a remote app on our RDS Server, they sign in, and their profile is copied. However, when the remote App is closed, the session just disconnects. After that, the profile would sync, and the user would log off of their local computer. Soon later, the RDS server session would terminate, coping over the profile and effectively returning everything to its previous state. That is the cause of the "roaming profiles don't delete files" issue. You can try to fix this problem by following the method below:

This problem can be resolved by turning on a local GPO on the RDS server, which stops roaming profile updates from propagating back to the user's profile once the user logs off of their session. How to turn it on? You should go to "Computer Configuration" and choose "Policies". Then you can click "Administrative Templates" and select" System". Finally, you can see "User Profiles". You may find the setting titled "Prevent Roaming Profile changes from propagating to the server".

Suppose you have problems and lose some important files while using Windows Server. In that case, you can try using a functional data recovery program, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, to recover the lost files. This safe third-party tool will help you recover various lost/deleted files, such as videos, emails, audio, graphics, documents, etc. And this data recovery program can recover files directly to cloud platforms like Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox.