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mr22
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago
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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 paying for an account that's not used?

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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    7 years ago

    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! 

  • DaraG's avatar
    DaraG
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago

    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?

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    Lusil
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    7 years ago

    Hi there DaraG

    Thanks for reaching out to us!

    If the team member has edit access to the shared folder, they should be able to move or copy-paste it to the team space. 

    Let me know if this helps!

     

    This thread is closed due to inactivity. Please feel free to create a new topic here. 

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