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msakten
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

"files stay here for the team" prevents me from moving files from team to personal folder

I - a TEAM ADMIN - cannot move files or folders from a team folder, to my personal (i.e. ADMIN) folder. I get an incredibly annoying message "files stay here for the team". How do I get around this?
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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey Angela1204j, you can find the thread by following this link.

 

Let us know if you have anything else to ask or add. 

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msakten
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

I'm very relieved (albeit sadly) to see so many people share their frustrations relating to this idiotic 'feature'. As if having to deal with this issue wasn't enough, it was extra infuriating having Dropbox support gaslight me first by suggesting that I was doing something wrong, and then that this was expected and desired behaviour, for my own benefit. 😠

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