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Silvia K.3's avatar
Silvia K.3
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

How to Leave a Shared Folder

I'm relatively new to DropBox, and I'm using DropBox Basic, with no interest in upgrading to Pro at this time.  A client has shared a folder with me that includes many subfolders, and I have just rea...
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  • Dermot D.1's avatar
    Dermot D.1
    9 years ago

    Here you go. Should work. I just did it myself and I didn't own the folder. It worked perfectly.

    1. Hit Sharing button


    2. You will get a list of folders that are shared with you. Click on the share box beside the one you want to get rid of.

     

    3.  You can't manage the folder but you will notice a box that states that you can edit this folder. Click on 'Can edit'.

     

    4.  Now you will notice 'Remove my access' in red. Click on it.

     

    5.  You will be asked if you want to keep a copy of the folder. I declined and the folder was deleted from dropbox.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Dermot

claire m.16's avatar
claire m.16
Helpful | Level 6

Hi Dermot, your reply is very clear so I'm asking my own question... hope you or others on the thread can help. I may have some of the terminology wrong since I use DB in French. 

 

I am trying to leave shared folders which I do not own.

 

I have repeated tried the procedure that starts by clicking on Share in the left hand menu.

However, this always creates a display of folders that I have ALREADY LEFT IN THE PAST, and could "rejoin" now.

 

The left-hand menu Share never delivers me to my current folders, and so I never get the "leave" option for my current folders.

 

[I did test out "delete" among the options within a shared folder - and of course deleted the files for the whole community. (I saw it was happening so I annuled the action and restored them.)]

 

Thanks for any help you can give. Claire

 

 

tcinphilly's avatar
tcinphilly
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

If you click on the SHARE button, you'll see your name in the list. Click on "can edit" or "can view" -- whatever permissions you have. When you do this, you'll see an option at the bottom in red that says "Remove my access".

  • msamyel's avatar
    msamyel
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago
    Not what OP was looking for but it helped me leave a shared folder. Thank you!!

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