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Kashif Nurani
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

Who did I share my folder with?

Hi!  I was hoping if someone can kindly help me find a way to check who I shared a folder with as I do not remember sharing it with anyone but it has the shared icon and is listed under the shared ...
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Kashif Nurani
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

Thanks Jay for the prompt feedback.

The situation is that the folder already existed and was in the vault, but as the vault discontinued since 4th March, I moved it into another folder. I realized a day after that my vault folder and the other folder were labelled as shared around the same time I was moving them around (folder activity) . That is why I am concerned that how can this be as I never shared them with anyone.  


Thanks again

Mark's avatar
Mark
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10 months ago

Did you move them in to a folder already shared? That would share them.

You can see all shares at www.dropbox.com/events and view all events that happened at www.dropbox.com/events. 

  • Kashif Nurani's avatar
    Kashif Nurani
    New member | Level 1
    10 months ago

     I did not move them in an existing shared folder, because it was just these two folders (vault and the other) that were under the shared tab.

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      10 months ago

      If you said you moved the files into another folder, it does sound like you moved them into a shared folder already.

      Could you check the events page to see the history of the file movements?

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    Kashif Nurani
    New member | Level 1
    10 months ago

    Thanks for sharing this its very helpful. Strangely I still can not see from the events that if the folder were ever shared. I can see the other activities related to the folders but not about them being shared.

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      10 months ago

      You would get an event similar to 'You created the shared folder xxxx' in the events page. It is possible that this shared folder was created a while ago?

      • Kashif Nurani's avatar
        Kashif Nurani
        New member | Level 1
        10 months ago

        In the events page I can see that the folder was added but it does not mention the location. I also just created a shared folder and its reflected in the events page as you said 'You created a shared folder xxxx'.

        But if you suggest it might have been created/ shared a while ago (which I am quite confident, I never did as it was personal items), will I be able to access that information through the events page?

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