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KDZ's avatar
KDZ
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

How can I restrict access to specific folders for specific team members?

I just set-up a Teams folder and thought it would be the solution for file sharing our engineering documents. Unfortunately the primary reason I thought Teams would work is for limiting permissions to specific folders. I don't want contractors having access to our entire suite of engineering projects. It seems ALL subfolders share the the same permission as the top level. So USELESS. i still have to share individual folders to restrict access. Same as regular dropbox. this MUST BE FIXED or Teams is useless.

  • Hi KDZ ! You should be able to create a restricted folder from All Files (on web) as well. You just need to select 'Specific People' when creating the folder - see attached. If you prefer working from Finder or File Explorer, you need to create the folder first, then right click on it and select "Manage folder access" from the menu. You can then remove people. Let me know if that helps!

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey KDZ, thanks for taking the time to post to our Community.

     

    You can actually restrict access to specific folders for your team members, if you're the team admin.

     

    See how to do that here.

     

    Let me know if you have any questions.

    • KDZ's avatar
      KDZ
      New member | Level 2

      Hannah,

      I tried the restrict access option. I found it restricted access to ALL team members, including myself! I could only access through the Admin Console. Then, I could not figure out how to un-restrict. I ended up coping all files to a new folder, then deleting the restricted folder.

      • AnastasiaDBX's avatar
        AnastasiaDBX
        Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager

        Hi KDZ ! You should be able to create a restricted folder from All Files (on web) as well. You just need to select 'Specific People' when creating the folder - see attached. If you prefer working from Finder or File Explorer, you need to create the folder first, then right click on it and select "Manage folder access" from the menu. You can then remove people. Let me know if that helps!

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