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How to stop sharing content someone else shared with me
I am finding it extremely difficult to remove files and folders other people have shared with me from my Dropbox.
For example, I have agreed to share a folder created by someone else. Several peopl...
Hi there JimGasperini, I'd be happy to help out with this!
As you mentioned, you're trying to remove your access to a subfolder of the main folder that was shared with you right?
Unfortunately, it's not possible to remove yourself just from a specific subfolder, you would need to remove your access to the whole folder. This is why you're not able to click the "Can edit" option to remove your access.
What I could suggest is to have your access removed to the shared folder, and then ask the owner to only share with you only the subfolders that you need access to.
I hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions!
Daphne
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Dropbox Community ModeratorHi there JimGasperini, I'd be happy to help out with this!
As you mentioned, you're trying to remove your access to a subfolder of the main folder that was shared with you right?
Unfortunately, it's not possible to remove yourself just from a specific subfolder, you would need to remove your access to the whole folder. This is why you're not able to click the "Can edit" option to remove your access.
What I could suggest is to have your access removed to the shared folder, and then ask the owner to only share with you only the subfolders that you need access to.
I hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions!
