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man-u-l
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago

Dropbox Paper leave a shared document or folder

I am having a problem, I read an article about how to manage projects using paper, the article had a link to a sample Paper Document, I clicked on it and I was added to the Document list of people wh...
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Stephane C.1's avatar
Stephane C.1
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Actually, only a editor can archive or delete a document so if the Doc was shared without editing, there is no way to even move it to a folder. It's been annoying me since I started on the beta as I ha 2 document that are stuck. I moved from Paper for that reason alone.

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Jane
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
8 years ago
Hey Stephane C.1, thanks for posting your thoughts on the Dropbox Forum & I hope you’re doing well today! 
 
Please keep in mind that in case the Owner has just granted you “Can View” permissions on this Paper doc, you will not be able to Delete or Move it to a different location. To my mind, a temporary workaround could be to “Unfollow” from the list of options on the [
] icon on the top-right. 
 
I’d happily pass your interest & feedback up the ladder for future reference though, as it’s my understanding that you’d like to utilize this feature. 
 
I hope this is helpful to you & please keep me updated in this discussion in case you need further assistance or clarifications. Thanks again & I’m wishing you a great rest of the day ahead! 
  • LukeHowellDev's avatar
    LukeHowellDev
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago
    Is there an update on this? I have docs that were shared with me that I no longer need to view, but I cannot get them out of my view.

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