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katmoody
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

Accessing shared folders counts against my Dropbox quota?

I'm trying to understand this. I'm helping a friend with a project and she shared a few folders with me. Other than the files she shared with me, I had hardly anything else in my Dropbox. I deleted e...
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Mark
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6 months ago
katmoody wrote:

It seems like her files also count against my 2GB limit. Is this correct? 

Yes it does

katmoody wrote:

What happens when her folders are larger than 2GB - will I still be able to access them with my free account?

You will be able to see what is already on your account but all syncing will stop - no new files will get downloaded to your Dropbox and no changes you make will sync back to Dropbox. 

katmoody wrote:

I shouldn't have to pay to access files that she has already paid to save to her account, I wouldn't think. 

You do. Dropbox needs to pay for its services somehow, it doesnt make money from adverts or hardware etc. and every user has a cost associated with it. 

If you only need read only access ask for a Shared link instead :)

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