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Brab's avatar
Brab
Explorer | Level 3
8 months ago

How do I keep the contents of a shared folder when I'm removed from the folder?

Good Afternoon,

 

How do i keep a folder that is being unshared with me? I do not see a checkmark or option anywhere that says keep folder when unshare. Also  the person who is unsharing the folder with me does not have the option to let me keep the folder.

 

Any tips?

 

 

5 Replies

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    8 months ago

    Quickest and easiest way then would be to just copy and paste all files to another location before the share is closed 🙂

  • Brab's avatar
    Brab
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 months ago

    Its quite a big amount  about 1.2tb. I would like to prevent having to do that solution.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    8 months ago

    Hi Brab, thanks for the details. 

     

    Is the other user the owner of the folder, or is it a separate person entirely?

     

    Only the owner of the folder can provide the option to keep a copy of the shared folder when a member is removed. 

     

    Keep me posted.

  • Brab's avatar
    Brab
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 months ago

    Its from a Teams folder. We are not getting any option to keep the folder so far.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    8 months ago

    If it's from a team folder, then you won't be able to keep a copy for security purposes.

     

    You'll need to duplicate the folder to another private folder on your account, or download the folder to your machine.

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