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DrShinshuri
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

What will happen if I accept a colleague's invitation to join her Dropbox team?

I recently had a colleague invite me to their DropBox Teams. I am reluctant to add the account because I do not want to comingle my account and folders with my colleagues. I don't mind having access ...
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Mark
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2 years ago
DrShinshuri wrote:

Can someone help me understand what happens If I accept the Team invite from my colleague to join her Team Dropbox?

Hi

Basically your account 'becomes' theirs - so I wouldn't merge it either. BUT if you click to accept the invite you should get the option to set up and create a new account for the Teams invite which then will also install and work on your computer - so you'd have 2 Dropbox folders 🙂

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    DrShinshuri
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Hi, Mark:

     

    Thank you for your response. I won't be accepting the invitation. I also don't want two Dropbox Accounts either. I will explore other solutions that provide better features and options than Dropbox. Thank you!

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