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IMCZug
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

What does the limit on shared folders mean?

Since Dropbox discontinued free Team Accounts, our account was converted to a Basic account.  Apparently this change introduced limits on the number of shared folders we can have.  All of our folde...
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IMCZug
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

I can't see my last post at all, even though it was visible yesterday right after I posted it!  It was quite extensive, so I hope that an admin or moderator will restore it!

To cut it down to the essentials, I am not sure that the unsharing worked.  The API function "list_folders" still shows all 12 of the original shared folders with "shared_folder_id"s:

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{
"entries": [
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"name": "Videos",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "8480728224",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:43Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "no_inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder/newsletter/2020-12",
"name": "2020-12",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "8744282768",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:36Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder/newsletter/2019-12",
"name": "2019-12",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "6714309536",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:36Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder/newsletter/2019-08",
"name": "2019-08",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "6012413712",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:35Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder/events/2020-08-23 bbq",
"name": "2020-08-23 BBQ",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "8008777792",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:29Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder/events/2020-01-25 burns night",
"name": "2020-01-25 Burns Night",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "6877718960",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:28Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder/events/2019-02-07 agm",
"name": "2019-02-07 AGM",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "4839369360",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:27Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder/events/2019-01-26 burns night",
"name": "2019-01-26 Burns Night",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "4657492992",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:26Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder/events/2022-01-29 burns night",
"name": "2022-01-29 Burns Night",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "2200238849",
"time_invited": "2022-08-05T12:15:26Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"path_lower": "/imcz team folder",
"name": "IMCZ Team Folder",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "1278902481",
"time_invited": "2022-03-23T17:24:38Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"name": "2018 Directory",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "2135622464",
"time_invited": "2022-03-23T17:20:39Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"name": "2017 Directory",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "1436938714",
"time_invited": "2022-03-23T17:20:39Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
},
{
"access_type": {
".tag": "owner"
},
"is_inside_team_folder": false,
"is_team_folder": false,
"parent_shared_folder_id": "1278902481",
"name": "Gottardino",
"policy": {
"acl_update_policy": {
".tag": "editors"
},
"shared_link_policy": {
".tag": "anyone"
},
"viewer_info_policy": {
".tag": "enabled"
}
},
"preview_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/.../h?dl=0",
"shared_folder_id": "1344501040",
"time_invited": "2022-03-23T17:20:38Z",
"access_inheritance": {
".tag": "inherit"
}
}
]
}

 When I submitted the "unshare" commands, I got a series of responses like this:

{
".tag": "async_job_id",
"async_job_id": "dbjid:<very long alphanumeric string>"
}

How can I check the status of these jobs?

In my last post, I tried to include a screenshot of what I saw when I tried to share my top-level folder with an additional user.  I am trying again here:

Thanks again for your help!

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
3 years ago
IMCZug wrote:

I can't see my last post at all, even though it was visible yesterday right after I posted it!

It was caught by the spam filters, along with your latest reply. I've restored both.

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