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Why is my account out of space?
As seems to be the case these days with many "Apps" they want you to buy their product but don't deliver support and want to rely on "Communities". In other words free assistance from other users whi...
Hi adrian29630, you can leave the shared folder from your account, or remove your access to it completely, by following these steps.
It won't affect other users who are currently members of the shared folder.
Thanks I will do that and perhaps they will stop pestering me to upgrade my account
IF you both have ownership of the folder, then any files you delete will be deleted for both of you. So don't delete anything.
No one has explicitly said this.
You must go into the folder in question and say, "I'm out. Bye, Felicia!"
How you do that is not straightforward (IMO).
To remove yourself from the shared folder.
- Highlight the folder you want to be removed from.
- "Sharing" and "Details" appear to the right of my folders. Choose "Sharing"
- Scroll down to your name & click on the " . . ." that follows your name.
- Select "Remove"
(Most of the other answers were speaking shorthand to other people who know the lingo, not to someone who is at their wit's end with the peculiarities of DropBox - All of these platforms have their own weirdness; if you invite someone to a folder in BOX you have to have a license for them and room. So I am not being too critical of DropBox).
