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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...
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHELP PLEASE:
I had 3 devices listed as linked to my Dropbox Business Account, I actually only had 2
- My Laptop
- My Cell phone
- My cell phone was listed again?
I was suddenly unable to connect to Dropbox via my cell phone and received this.
I am unable to connect to Dropbox because I'm not connected to the Internet and to try again later
This all the while I was in fact connected to the net and connected via high-speed internet on my router.
I have a voice recorder on my cell and had 800 recordings, suddenly when
I did re-connect they were gone and so was the file on Dropbox was empty..
Both cell phones had the exact same name but the stated last login on one of them was not me.
I removed links to both cell phones and left my laptop linked and changed passwords everywhere
I looked closer at my Dropbox setup
I had 2 large Dropbox folders, like 65GIG, I was somehow listed as the shared person. I removed myself via the Dropbox website and then all files deleted and then redownloaded themselves and appear fine, WHY?, it was scary and I felt that maybe someone was linked in the background thru my cell phone which is why my access was down for 2-days
THEN after all the adjustments and password changes I thought maybe i am ok....THEN..Sunday, June 14th @ 2pm I received a text that flashed on my cell screen on the bottom of my screen, it quoted verbatim a line from one of the missing recordings, when I clicked on it, the thing disappeared. It was not in logs, it was NO-WHERE...
Any help here is soooo appreciated.....
thanks
Bill Comeau
- Lusil
Hello afocusedforce, thanks for reaching out to us and sorry to hear about this.
In order to have a better look into the matter, I'd recommend continuing via email due to account-specific info that'll be needed.
As such, I was able to locate the ongoing investigation that you have with a member of my team and have passed your comments along to them.
I can also see that they replied to you, so when you get the chance, please check your inbox for their latest message. Thanks!
Hi there, I'm having the same problem, and the solutions suggested here so far in this thread don't seem to be available for me. Basically, other people have shared folders with me, which I don't really need, and these folders are taking up all my Dropbox space, and I'm constantly getting e-mails asking me to upgrade. I would just like to be able to remove myself from these shared folders, but obviously I don't want to delete the files for the folder owner or anyone else who the folder might be shared with. I don't seem to have any option anywhere to allow me to leave a folder.
This is what I see when I click on the dots next to the folder name:
This is what I see when I click on the "Share" button next to the folder:
The only option available to me seems to be "Delete", but my understanding is that this would delete the folder for everybody, which I don't want.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received!
Thanks!
- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi bitstrange, it looks like you're already in a shared folder, since each folder has 5 members, which is why you'll not seeing the option.
You'll need to go to the folder above on the website, and click the Share button next to the actual folder with the shared icon, to remove the folder from your account.
