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How do I leave a shared Dropbox folder?
My friend invited me to share a 3gb folder she had. I accepted. Now I want to leave the folder and cant. I followed the advice from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZoTpNkvPCI
The problem is that...
Hi Lusil, can't figure out how to add in the screenshot. But when I hoover the mouse over the folder I like to remove my access to, I don't have the option "
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks for getting back to me, hansK.
From what I understand, you're doing this from the website, but you're clicking on the little arrow icon that appears next to the Share button.
For this reason, could you please click on the Share button itself and see if that does the trick?
If you're still having trouble with this, let try something different:
- Hover over the folder in your Files tab.
- Without clicking on the folder, select the ellipsis (the button with the three dots on the right side of the folder).
- Click on the Share option that you should be given on the drop-down menu.
Let me know if this helps even a little bit!
Lusil, THANKS!
it was exactly what you wrote, and clicking "Share" brought up the "Remove my sharing".
Quick and accurate support, much appreciated!!!
Stepping on this solved thread but very similar to my issue except I want to remove my acces to some of the folders in a share not all. Basically I volunteer with a few non profit entities and one has a share folder of 10G, I only need like two of the folders in that and Dropbox is beind dumb and bothering me to upgrade my account because of being over storage limit. Its only those other files that I dont use or want BUT I cannot remove my access to single folders inside the drive and can only remove the entire share.
- Lusil
Hey rafikijade, thanks for nudging us on this thread!
Currently, there's no option that allows you to remove yourself from individual subfolders of a shared folder.
However, you can ask the user who shared the folder to:
- Share the subfolders instead of the whole folder. In this case, they'll have to usnhare the already exisitng shared (parent) folder first.
- Send you a shared link to the subfolders. That way, you'll still able to preview the content and it won't take up space in your account.
I hope this helps, but let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks!
