Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox 👨‍💻? Find out how to check here.

Forum Discussion

Susandoherty8's avatar
Susandoherty8
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago
Solved

Change Member name

I have a member who I have authorised to share, but her name is wrong.  She is down as Sarah instead of Sam, although the email address is correct.  How do I change her name

 

  • Hey Susandoherty8, I'd be happy to help!

     

    It sounds like you've shared a folder or file with that user, which means that what you're seeing is their username. 

     

    Since you're not able to edit their account settings, they can check their username from their General tab online.

     

    From there, if they want to, they can also change it by clicking on Edit that should be next to it. 

     

    Ask them to give that a try and let me know how it goes. Thanks!

3 Replies

Replies have been turned off for this discussion
  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    6 years ago

    Hey Susandoherty8, I'd be happy to help!

     

    It sounds like you've shared a folder or file with that user, which means that what you're seeing is their username. 

     

    Since you're not able to edit their account settings, they can check their username from their General tab online.

     

    From there, if they want to, they can also change it by clicking on Edit that should be next to it. 

     

    Ask them to give that a try and let me know how it goes. Thanks!

  • Susandoherty8's avatar
    Susandoherty8
    Explorer | Level 3
    6 years ago

    I thought that may be the case, but couldn't understand why she would use a different name.

    I'll tell her, thank you for your assistance and confirmation of my thoughts.

    Best wishes, Susan

  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    6 years ago

    Glad I could help, Susandoherty8!

     

    If anything else pops up, you know where to find us. 

     

    I hope you have a lovely day!

About Create, upload, and share

Find help to solve issues with creating, uploading, and sharing files and folders in Dropbox. Get support and advice from the Dropbox Community.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!