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ukreception
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

How to delete someone from your Dropbox team without deleting their personal Dropbox account?

Hello, I recently granted action to an external person to our business account. By accident, I wanted to kick her out of the general permission, to grant her access only to one folder. When I did t...
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Denshai
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

Hello did you ever figure this out I'm having the same issue. 

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Megan
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8 months ago

Hey Denshai​, thanks for posting here! 

Are you a team admin, that needs to know how to remove a member off your Dropbox team without affecting their own personal files? 

If so, have you tried out the steps that my colleague, Nancy provided above by any chance?

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!

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    Denshai
    New member | Level 2
    8 months ago

    Hi Megan, I followed Nancy's comments and found success! Thank you!

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      Megan
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      8 months ago

      Awesome news Denshai! 🤓

      If you need something else, just give us a shout! 

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