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Hiding unshared Team folders from non-member Team members
I'm setting up a new Team Folder. Previously, users only saw the folders that they had access to. Now, all folders are listed. Those that they don't have permission to see are showing up with a Fo...
Hi WVU90SAM, thanks for posting here today!
I'm afraid that the same behavior remains now. The Team folder would be visible, it would just show as a locked folder. What you could do, is what you already mentioned: move the content under your personal folder.
Your feedback regarding this has been very valuable and I will endeavor to make sure your voice is heard.
If you need anything else, let me know!
I'm also interested in the functionality of hiding folders that a user doesn't have access to. Many top-level folders aren't appropriate for our entire team. From a purely organizational perspective, nesting top-level files within another (personal) file is counter-intuitive and counter-productive. We recently switched to Dropbox for our rapidly growing team, and this issue is a significant one that I hope gets resolved quickly.
I'm happy to see that the Dropbox team is actively looking into addressing the issue. For the above, I prefer option 1 to show a user the subfolder origin.
Hi wondering if there has been any further progress on this.
Our structure has enabled us to create multiple teams, and different teams having access to the folders necessary, however we really need people not to see the folders they dont have access for. I need to reduce clutter for certain teams as well as keep information confidential
