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Jan MT's avatar
Jan MT
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Download from shared folder over limit

Hi, I have a shared folder, which needs to contain 10+G of data and I have a basic account. Thus, I can not add any data to my Dropbox (which I’m fine with). However, I need to be able to download da...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    If they shared a link to the folder, then you can access it without a Dropbox account and download and view files whenever needed. 

     

    However, there is a bandwidth limit depending on their account for shared links.

Jan MT's avatar
Jan MT
Explorer | Level 3

Hi Jay

thanks for the reply. I joined the folder before it exceeded the quota, so I can see that. Currently, it’s just over 2G, but the expected is around 10G (however the rest must be uploaded by the client since they have a larger quota).

 

Thanks!

 
 
 
 
 

 

Jay's avatar
Jay
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2 years ago

Even if they add the files to the shared folder, you won't see any changes since the new files won't sync into the shared folder on your account, as you're already overquota.

  • Jan MT's avatar
    Jan MT
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Hi Jay,

    Ok, that’s good to know. And is there a way around it? To have, say, read-only access or something along those lines?

    Thanks

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      2 years ago

      If they shared a link to the folder, then you can access it without a Dropbox account and download and view files whenever needed. 

       

      However, there is a bandwidth limit depending on their account for shared links.

      • Jan MT's avatar
        Jan MT
        Explorer | Level 3
        2 years ago

        Great, Jay. Thanks for helping out, I‘m gonna explore it further but this seems like a possible way for me.

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