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I don't remember exactly how the shared folder came into place, but from the activity log, it shows this: Aug'18 Non member (Unspecified email) Added a file (File:"filepath") * No idea why the member has unspecified email but other deleted users have their emails I did the following to try reproduce it: I have 2 users, 1 admin and 1 member Member creates a folder within member's personal space, adds a file and shares it with the admin Admin accepts the invite and added to their personal space Admin deletes the shared folder from their personal space Admin deletes the member account Admin permanently deleted the deleted folder I'm not sure if the "permanently delete" action triggered an update, but once I did it, some of the namespaces were corrected, and the particular shared folder's namespace is gone. I'm not sure how I would be able to have you take a look at the state of my deveolpment dropbox business account without giving you an access token. Please advise on further steps.

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When I list the namespaces using "namespaces/list" and iterating through the namespaces using "files/list_folder[/continue]" I found that there are a few namespaces which I thought wouldn't be there, but they are shown. i.e. Deleted team member's folder When a team member created a shared folder in his/her own Personal root folder, it is shown in the namespace. However, if we delete the member, I found that the folder's namespace still exist and I can still download the file via API calls but there is no way that we can access it via the main files UI nor viewable/searchable in the admin panel. I have found that only by calling "files/list_folder" in that namespace will I be able to know that the file still exists. Is there any way to permanently delete the file? Are we able to get metadata of who was the one who added the file/folder in the first place? I had to dig in the Activity page to see that there is a record of "Non member" with "Unspecified email" who added the file. I understand that I can call "sharing/get_folder_metadata" and look for "is_inside_team_folder" but since it can still be downloaded, how would the administrator get access to review this folder and delete it without resorting to any API calls? (Is there any difference in API calls between the new "team spaces" config and the old one?) A namespace called "new folder" I'm not sure if this is created by a previous user and left alone similarly to the case above or just a placeholder for new folders to have a temporary namespace. But since there's nothing inside and I cant get any data of when it's created, it looks like a random stub to me. What I am trying to achieve in my code is this: List all the namespaces Traverse the namespaces and calling "files/list_folder" to list all the files in the Dropbox Business account. Merge the results. Display the files and folders of the dropbox as if they are on the web/desktop client itself. The files and folders from deleted team members pop up on my application, but when they visit the main web/desktop client, the users can't see the files and folders. Is there a better way to do what I want to achieve? Or at least be able to show on my UI that the file belongs to a deleted user/other reasons, and provide ways to delete it from the Dropbox account permanently? Thanks!

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Ok, thank you for your time! You've been a great help.

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So would it be right to say that if I were to list down all the folders of the dropbox business account (the old configuration) in a way that it is displayed like the following: /User1 User1/FolderA User1/FolderB/FileZ User1/FileA /User2 User2/FileA /SharedFolder1 /SharedFolder1/FileA /SharedFolder2 /SharedFolder2/FileB I would have to go through the member's list and do a "files/list_folder" using all the different member's ID entered in " Dropbox-API-Select-User" and then merge it into a full list? I am asking this because for the new configuration, I can just do a "Dropbox-API-Path-Root" with the root namespace and do a "files/list_folder" while using "Dropbox-API-Select-Admin". Is there an easier way to go about doing it for the old configuration?

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Hi, I would like to add on to this question, is there an API that we can call to determine whether a particular dropbox business team's folder has the "team space" configuration or not and thus add the ' Dropbox-API-Select-Admin' and set the namespace accordingly on the subsequent calls? Also, by calling 'list_folders' on the accounts of those who do not have the "team space" configuration, would I be able to get all the other member's personal folders as well should I have the ''Dropbox-API-Select-Admin' header. Basically what I want to achieve is regardless of whether a team has the "team space" configuration or not, to grab a list of all the files and folders of all users and teams.

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Thank you very much!

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I understand that with the new team spaces and namespace configurations, that we would have to use 'Dropbox-API-Path-Root' header and I've managed to get it working by setting the namespace to the root and using 'Dropbox-API-Select-Admin' to view all folders. What I'm having trouble with at the moment is that, when I use the same code to call the API and if the particular team is using the older team spaces config, I am only getting their personal folders when I call 'list_folder' and would like to know the proper way to resolve this. Also, would developers be able to test on business accounts with the configurations toggle-able? I only have acces to the new business team spaces config and would like to test out the older one as well. Thanks!

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