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No option to share folder with editing permissions
My colleague has a pro account and is trying to share a folder with me, but she only gets the option to share a viewable copy, not editable.
Hi Alison12345, keep in mind that there's no way to share a folder that already contains a shared folder.
That could be the culprit of your problem. If you'd like to give them read-write access to the parent folder instead, you can unshare the subfolder, and then share the parent folder.
Hannah
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Dropbox Community ModeratorHey silvi3, thanks for the info and the screenshots!
Is it possible that the folder your colleague is trying to share, contains other folders that are already shared with other people?
If that's the case, she won't be able to share that folder with edit permissions.
See this article for more info and workarounds.
Hi this article does not really help, any other suggestions? I am having the same issue. Do I need to un-share the sub-folders? Do I need to share each sub folder with all the same people? This would’ve very tedious…! Thank you!!
- Hannah
Hey Alison12345, are you trying to share the subfolders of an already shared folder or share the parent folder of shared subfolders?
And are you the owner of both the parent and subsfolders?
Hi Hannah! Yes, I am trying to do this from the owner account. I am trying to share a parent folder so people I am sharing with can edit everything within all the subfolders but it only gives me the option to share as view only. It might as you said have something to do with some of the sub-folders already being shared? Do you know how I can fix this? Thank you!!
- Megan
Hi Alison12345, keep in mind that there's no way to share a folder that already contains a shared folder.
That could be the culprit of your problem. If you'd like to give them read-write access to the parent folder instead, you can unshare the subfolder, and then share the parent folder.
I suspected it was a slightly tedious solution - Thank you!
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