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Ron Hummel
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
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The DELETE button is greyed out

Am trying to delete an entire folder's worth of songs I don't want, but the DELETE button is greyed out on all of them. I am the administrator of that dropbox.  Help?
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    Ron Hummel
    3 years ago

    I just figured out out...had to first "unshare" the files, and then I was able to delete them.  Thanks anyway Megan!

Ron Hummel's avatar
Ron Hummel
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

I just figured out out...had to first "unshare" the files, and then I was able to delete them.  Thanks anyway Megan!

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Megan
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3 years ago

No problem Ron Hummel!

 

Glad to know everything is back on track! 😎

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