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Add non team member to team folder
we have a consultant who helps us remotely, we wish to add them to one of our Dropbox Team Folders, yet since they already have a business account (their own) I don't want to send an invite and be pa...
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Dropbox Staffthe content in the folder is being deleted and added to regularly, it feels like a work around to be forced to re-share each file/folder as it's created, sounds like something I need to log with tech support?
- Lusil
Hi! Checking in to see if there have been any updates since this posted? I have a non-team memberâwho has their own DB accountâand needs access to a team folder. Is there any way to share the entire team folder with them, rather than the files/folders within the folder?
- Lusil
Hey there jestar,
Thanks for posting your question on the Community!
Currently, you can share team folders with groups that are created by the team's admin and share the content of the folder with users that aren't in your team.
However, some teams have access to the new team folder structure, which allows admins to manage access by adding users and groups. You can find more info here.
I hope this helps to some extent!
Mr. 22: I have the same issue --we hired an outside accounting firm and want to give them access to the entire team folder, but it seems that is not currently possible on DropBox.
Here's a work-around that I am considering:
- Add one subfolder under the main team folder, perhaps called "team-ext"
- Move EVERYTHING in the team folder into that new team-ext folder
- Share the team-ext folder with the accounting firm
The only downside is that everyone in the team will have to navigate one more level down in the folder structure, but I don't think this would be a big deal.
Anyone see a problem with this?
- Lusil
Hey there ReplayGuitar,
That's an excellent workaround! :heart_eyes:
There shouldn't be an issue doing this, just that when you do move the content, there may be a re-index of this event for members.
Let us know if you have any other questions!
I have sort of the reverse issue. We have dropbox users outside our Dropbox Business Team who want to share folders with us. But when they share a folder to one of our team members, it goes into the purple folder (the person's individual folder) and cannot be moved into the team space. How can we get it so non-team members can share folders with our whole team, and we can view them in the team space?
