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Ed
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff[video tutorial] What’s the difference between team folders, private folders, and shared folders
Level: Intermediate
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Thanks for your response, Walter.
Please confirm if my understanding is correct:
- I have a top level team folder called 'Main'
- This 'Main' folder cannot be shared outside my team. I can can share it with my team by means of giving individual member or group access to it. This 'Main' folder will never be represented as a 'shared_folder' in any namespace (i.e. If I shared it my team member and use v2 API to list all folders in my team member's root namespace, the 'Main' folder will be listed but its type will still be team_folder and not shared_folder)
- Sub-folders of the top-level team folder can be shared (i.e. /Main/project). In this case, I can share project with people outside my team and the project folder will be listed as a shared_folder in their namespace.
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThanks for the quick response rk90 - much appreciated!
Your first point is spot on, yet, for more information about our API and how to use it I'd recommend posting your question under this section of our forums:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Developer-API/ct-p/101000041
Now, as per your last query, all subfolders of a team folder have the team folder's “building icon”, because they are shared with the same users that the team folder is shared with by default. This includes shared folders that are nested inside a team folder.
Nested shared folders also differ from normal shared folders in the following respects:
1. Management:
Nested shared folders can be managed through your admin console:
https://www.dropbox.com/team/admin/team_folders
2. Unsharing:
If you open the folder settings for these types of folders, you will find that there is no “unshare” button. This is because it isn’t possible to “unshare” those folders. If you have explicitly added any members who were not part of the team folder group, you can remove their access individually. If you don’t want the team folder group to have access any longer, you’ll have to copy the folder outside the team folder, then delete it.
3. Deleting:
If you delete a subfolder of a team folder it will be deleted for all of its members. This includes team folder members as well as any other members you explicitly added to that folder.
4. Restoring/adding back:
If you deleted a subfolder of a team folder, even if it was shared with others, it won’t appear on www.dropbox.com/share. In order to add back the folder, please follow these steps:
- Sign into www.dropbox.com
- Navigate through your file browser to the parent folder of the folder you would like to restore
- Click the "Show deleted files" button
- Select the folder in question
- Choose “Restore”.
I hope this helps to some extent and please keep me posted on your progress.
