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jazzmeg1's avatar
jazzmeg1
Advanced | Level 16
7 years ago

What does "Disconnected members" mean?

Hello In the Admin Console's "Member" page, there is a pull-down menu where you can select members' status. What does "Disconnected Members" mean?  Thank you.  
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    7 years ago
    This is a different matter, namely pairing a personal and business account.
     
    This allows users to have both accounts accessible on their machines and syncing both accounts at the same time. The team admin of the business account won’t have any access to the personal account whatsoever.
     
    Now, there’s two things you’re referring to when disconnecting the accounts.
     
    If they disconnect, or unpair the personal from the business account (using the steps in the above link), then they’ll be left with two separate accounts. There won’t be any merging or ‘new accounts’ created, since they both have separate emails to begin with.
     
    However, they won’t be able to sync both of them since they’re no longer connected, so only one account can be signed into the Dropbox desktop application on the computer.
     
    Now, if you’re referring to when a team admin converts their business account to a personal account, then it would make that business email a personal account. Like above, this will prevent the user from having both accounts sync at the same time on their machine.
     
    It wouldn’t create a new account. It simply removes them from the team, keeping the same email, and being a personal private account.
     
    Hope this makes sense!
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jazzmeg1
Advanced | Level 16

Thank you. Sorry for another question.

You said, "Also, if a team member, who has been members of the team for some time, wants to leave the team, the admin can still convert them to a personal account using the same method"

In the case above, if a member has already linked his/her personal account (personal email) to a business account(business email)  and gets disconnected from the buiness account, will another (2nd) new personal account be created? Or will it be converted to the 1st personal account?

 

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Jay
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
7 years ago
This is a different matter, namely pairing a personal and business account.
 
This allows users to have both accounts accessible on their machines and syncing both accounts at the same time. The team admin of the business account won’t have any access to the personal account whatsoever.
 
Now, there’s two things you’re referring to when disconnecting the accounts.
 
If they disconnect, or unpair the personal from the business account (using the steps in the above link), then they’ll be left with two separate accounts. There won’t be any merging or ‘new accounts’ created, since they both have separate emails to begin with.
 
However, they won’t be able to sync both of them since they’re no longer connected, so only one account can be signed into the Dropbox desktop application on the computer.
 
Now, if you’re referring to when a team admin converts their business account to a personal account, then it would make that business email a personal account. Like above, this will prevent the user from having both accounts sync at the same time on their machine.
 
It wouldn’t create a new account. It simply removes them from the team, keeping the same email, and being a personal private account.
 
Hope this makes sense!
  • jazzmeg1's avatar
    jazzmeg1
    Advanced | Level 16
    7 years ago

    I got it! Thank you so much, Jay!

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      7 years ago

      No worries, have a great evening! :)

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