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Jim A.1's avatar
Jim A.1
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Sharing folders without space

I want to accept an invitation to share a folder but dropbox won't let me without buying more space. what's the deal here? If the owner has the space why can't I accept the invitation, look at it a...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    8 years ago

    If you have read/write access to a folder then it is also part of your Dropbox and so uses your quota. So yes, regardless of how big the other persons quota is if its a read/write folder you will need to upgrade to view it if you do not have enough space in your account.

    If you just need read only access they can use shared links via https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/view-only-access which will not use your quota.

     

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