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Jeremy11111
New member | Level 2
2 years ago
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I accidentally moved a team folder to my personal folder

as I was saying. I ACCIDENTALLY moved the Parent folder where 100 people using that folder for a company to my OWN SPACE FOLDER.. how to UNDO?
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  • Marek77's avatar
    Marek77
    6 months ago

    Hi Hannah,

    I ended up logging out and uninstalling dropbox.

    I confirmed the team folder was still in the correct directory in the web browser.

    Deleted the team folder on my laptop.

    Then reinstalled and logged into dropbox again.

    Sync restored everything as seen in web browser.

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studio_jhh
Explorer | Level 4
11 months ago

The same happened to us. One of our employees accidentally dragged the main team folder into their personal folder. So yes, it very much IS possible. What isn't possible is to move it back. On Windows it says you don't have permission to do this. 

The change hasn't propagated to everyones Dropbox. Everything is still as before.

Shouldn't it be the other way round, that you need permission to move the main Dropbox folder in the first place, but not to move it back?

Marek77's avatar
Marek77
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

I've accidentally done the same thing.

What is the fix to move the Team folder back?

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    6 months ago

    Hey Marek77, welcome to our Community.

    What kind of team account are you a part of?

    And are you an admin on the team or a member?

    Have you tried sharing the folder back with the team?

    • Marek77's avatar
      Marek77
      New member | Level 2
      6 months ago

      Hi Hannah,

      I ended up logging out and uninstalling dropbox.

      I confirmed the team folder was still in the correct directory in the web browser.

      Deleted the team folder on my laptop.

      Then reinstalled and logged into dropbox again.

      Sync restored everything as seen in web browser.

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