Why is a brand new user able to request access to a deleted sheet?

Kerry Odell

I deleted a sheet no longer used on 12/11/2024.

A new employee with a new user account hired on 1/3/2025 was able to request access to this sheet and it appears from the request that she had the same folder structure I had before I deleted it, unless the system was identifying the item structure from my account.

My question is why can she see it at all? It wasn't in a workspace, was used for the previous year, and it was deleted a couple weeks before her hire date. Below is the request i received on 1/7/2025.

Thanks for any insight you can provide!