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outbacktommy
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2 months ago

Files shared with me are making my account go overquota

A year ago a folder full of photos was shared with me. These are not mine but they count toward my storage quota and exceed my allowed space. If I delete them, will they be deleted from the person th...
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Rich
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2 months ago
outbacktommy wrote:

If I delete them, will they be deleted from the person that shared them too?

To be clear, if you delete the files within the shared folder, they WILL be deleted from the person that shared the folder with you. If you just delete the entire folder like Dell suggested, the files will not be deleted for anyone else.

Make sure you follow the steps he provided to delete the entire share from your account, instead of just deleting the files within the folder.

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