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VoiceOfTrenton
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2 years ago
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Shared folders should take up space only from the owner's account, not from the members'.

Pretend I'm a user with a paid Dropbox account.  I share a folder to 10 people and ask them to upload files to this folder for me so I can work on a project. None of the 10 people has a paid Dropbo...
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    Hannah
    2 years ago

    We really appreciate your feedback on this, VoiceOfTrenton.

     

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Megan
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2 years ago

Hey VoiceOfTrenton, thanks for the speedy response! 

 

Would you mind checking your account's plan page, and let me know what it reports there? 

 

If you're sharing folders/files between accounts then the storage should take space from your account too. 

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VoiceOfTrenton
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

It's Basic, but it only exists because my client shared a link to THEIR folder and asked me to upload specifically to THEIR folder.  Their folder is bigger than my account, but the point is, it's not my folder.  It's the client's folder.  I'd like to not get e-mails telling me my files aren't syncing and I'm over my limit.

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