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Tiger20
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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cancel activity emails from no longer shared folder

I'm receiving emails relating to a folder I started however I have since tranferred control of the folder to someone else and requested my cancellation from the folder. I no longer have access to th...
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    Tiger20
    3 years ago

    Thanks to Dropbox support for their assistance that eventually enabled my identification of another account with the required access having the emails sent to an email that is forwarded to me.

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Tiger20
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

The folder is not shown in the searchbar

 

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Jay
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3 years ago

Could you try quitting the Dropbox desktop application and then deleting the folder in Explorer?

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    Tiger20
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    The only folder remaining was a "Quick access" folder (As in it was not deleted when the main folder was deleted, I presume by the Dropbox system).

    I've deleted it now, and await sufficient days to see whether Dropbox advises by email of continuing activity on the folder by others who remain with access.

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      Jay
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      3 years ago

      Thanks for the update, please keep us updated.

      • Tiger20's avatar
        Tiger20
        Helpful | Level 6
        3 years ago

        I have an email today reporting events that happened after the time that I deleted the Quick Access folder.

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