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leadcro
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12 months ago

Unable to delete a folder I own. "You don’t have permission to delete files in this folder".

Hi! I'm having difficulty deleting a folder I own. I keep getting an error message "You don’t have permission to delete files in this folder". There are no files in the folder and I have triple check...
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Hannah
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12 months ago

That's pretty strange indeed. Does the folder still have the two people icon or just a plain blue folder icon now?

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leadcro
New member | Level 1
12 months ago

It still has the two people icon, and no matter which way I try to unshare it, it isn't able to be deleted. I tried changing the owner, unsharing it and then deleting the folder, but that didn't work either. 

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