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How do I leave a shared Dropbox folder?
My friend invited me to share a 3gb folder she had. I accepted. Now I want to leave the folder and cant. I followed the advice from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZoTpNkvPCI
The problem is that...
good morning. Hope you can help me. I only have the smallest dropbox account which is for free. I only use dropbox account for temporary storage. Now I want to delete a shared folder with pictures. In the link I received from te owner I was aloud to edit too. I already saved the files on my device. Now I think I can’t delete the folder in dropbox without the risk of delete the folder for the others too. Is that true? And what should I do ? Now I cannot import new folders because there is no space. Dropbox says I have to upgrade but I do not want that.
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey hilje, thanks for posting on the Dropbox Community!
If you'd like to delete a shared folder from your account, without affecting the other members, you can remove your access to the folder.
I hope this helps!
Hi Hannah
thank you so much for your reply.
I tried what was explained in the link.
I have an Ipad and it works a bit different than explained: Sharing only shows the possibility to share a link or to invite someone to the folder. But instead of in ‘sharing’ I found the people who share the folder in folder settings.
But there is no possibility for removing my own access to the folder. Strange enough that option is showed by the name of the other sharing person. It looks like I can remove access for someone else but not for myself. For me the only showed option is to delete the folder.
Hope you have an idea where I can find my own access to remove?
- Jay
Hi hilje, can you try these steps to remove your access to the shared folder?
