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JOfE
Experienced | Level 11
5 years ago
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Folder showing a Share Icon

Why do some folders in Dropbox.com show a sharing icon when the folder is not shared? I am refering to the sharing icon visible on dropbox.com not on the computer version. See the screenshot.  ...
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  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    5 years ago
    Hey JOfE!

    Could you just check for me, if you select one of these folders and choose the "Share" option, and then click the gear icon in the top right corner, do you see an option to "Unshare folder" in the bottom left of the window?
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Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
5 years ago

One thing to just check JOfE is that you've not accidentally shared them with yourself.... when you go to www.dropbox.com/home and find the folder that will tell you how many are in the share and let you remove things etc. 

 

One thing to note is that if you stop a folder being shared you lose all file version history of it - so if you remove it even if its only shared to you it will start 'from scratch'.

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
5 years ago

Mark, those folders aren't listed in Shared!

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    5 years ago

    I know Здравко 

     

    But I've also found examples on mine of folders that are not - hence why I said to go the other way 🙂 

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