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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...
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.
Jane
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey
Please keep in mind that, when it comes to personal accounts, the Dropbox storage quota is calculated by adding up the total amount of data in your Dropbox folder, including all shared folders and files collected from file requests.
Because an upgrade to one account cannot be transferred, in order to avoid affecting other users' quota, you could send them a link to the uploads folder to grant them access to the files inside.
Hope this is helpful! If you need further assistance, just let me know in your reply.
Thank you for the speedy reply.
I'm not sure I understand though. If it's calculated by the total amount of data in my Dropbox folder, since I'm a Dropbox plus member, I should have 1 tb. There is only 1 folder in my Dropbox and it's a shared folder with about 200 photos that I shared with about 15 people to load their pictures into. A friend is trying to add more pictures to my shared folder and it tells him I need to upgrade my account. I would like to have everyone able to have access to this folder so they could see eachothers pictures that have been uploaded.
I'm not sure I understand though. If it's calculated by the total amount of data in my Dropbox folder, since I'm a Dropbox plus member, I should have 1 tb. There is only 1 folder in my Dropbox and it's a shared folder with about 200 photos that I shared with about 15 people to load their pictures into. A friend is trying to add more pictures to my shared folder and it tells him I need to upgrade my account. I would like to have everyone able to have access to this folder so they could see eachothers pictures that have been uploaded.
