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AMUSC1
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5 years ago
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Unshare a Folder

I want to share a folder, but can't do so, since I have shared subfolder, so I proceeded and unshared all the subfolders (by deleting all the other members of these subfolders) and I did the same wit...
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    Rich
    5 years ago
    AMUSC1 wrote:

    I check and saw that even though, there is only one member for the subfolders (which were previously shared), they are still marked as shared folders, which is preventing me from sharing the main folder.

    Removing all the members doesn't unshare a folder; it just remove the people from the share. The folder is still shared with you as the only member. You need to unshare the folder. Go into the settings for the share and there's a link to unshare it

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DennyBeach
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4 years ago

Thank you Megan.  That worked.  I was trying to remove the files individually.  Removing the whole folder worked.

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Megan
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4 years ago

That's the news I like to hear, DennyBeach!

If you need anything else, I'll be one post away. 😎

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