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brittany5654
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Preventing folders from being moved

Hello fellow Dropbox users.. I am the team admin on a business account. We have implemented a folder structure across our team. Includes folders and sub-folders. We would now like to "lock" our new...
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    Lusil
    6 years ago
    Hi there brittany5654, 
     
    At first, if you’d like users to be able to access/view content of a shared/team folder, you can set it so that they have view-only permissions. 
     
    However, since you mention that you want them to continue to be able to download, upload and apply changes to its contents, the members need to have edit rights. 
     
     
    Nonetheless, I understand how important this is for you and I’d be more than happy to pass your comments along to the dev team regarding this. 
     
    Let me know if you have any other questions! :grin:
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stenzer
Explorer | Level 4

Dear Dropbox users:

 

Hello.

I am glad using Dropbox.

It is a great tool, too easy to use.

It is common to move folders by accident.

Later, it is difficult to restore the original folder structure.

Question: Is there a way not to allow folders to be moved?

Thank you very much for your help.

Regards. 

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Megan
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4 years ago
Hi stenzer, thanks for posting today! 

I've merged your question into the current thread, since it matches the worries others have expressed. 

Feel free to take a look, and let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers!

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