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boohah
New member | Level 2
9 months ago

The option to remove myself from a shared folder is not appearing.

Just like others have shared, the option to remove myself from a shared folder is not appearing. I needed to upload some large files to an organization's dropbox, which is owned by the organization. ...
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Mark
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9 months ago
boohah wrote:

I am thinking if I can remove myself and then re-add it, I can add that last file and be done with it

That wouldnt work I'm afraid. Because if you re-add it then it would download everything that was in the folder back to your account anyway IF it even lets you add it - you cannot add a share which will take you over quota. 

Does this help you at all or not? https://help.dropbox.com/share/leave-shared-folder

If not can you post a screenshot of what you see please?

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