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mgry
New member | Level 2
2 months ago
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Can’t remove shared folder due to lack of space

Hi Dropbox team, I’m having an issue with a shared folder called “Worms”. I’m not a member of this folder, but it keeps showing under my “Shared” tab and is taking up 1 GB of space. Whenever I try...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 months ago

    Hey mgry, thanks for the updates here.

    If you only have three image files in your account, there must be something else that's taking up your space and filling it up.

    Would you mind taking a look at your backups page here, to see if you have any backup files?

Walter's avatar
Walter
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2 months ago

Hey mgry - sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

Can you please try navigating to this page (you can try another browser if you've already attempted this) and see if you can remove your access from this shared folder from there?

Let me know how it goes!

  • mgry's avatar
    mgry
    New member | Level 2
    2 months ago

    Hi Walter! Thanx for your reply.

    I did it before and just in case have tried again now. Both methods you mentioned. No luck 

    tried as well incognito mode. 

     

    I do not get those three dots option or anything. Every time i move mouse over the folder I gen ONLY message Become a member of folder ( or smth in that direction, my pc is not in english) , if I press this button , a new window pops up saying Not enough space

     

    Best Regards

     

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      2 months ago

      I see, thanks for giving that a go for me mgry 

      Do you happen to know the owner of this folder to maybe reach out to them and ask them to remove you from the share? 

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