Account soon to be deleted, will files I have in a shared folder still be there

[sandyy]

I will soon be deleting one of my user's DropBox accounts, and want to make sure their files are integrated to a shared folder. I'm wondering if after their files have migrated to the shared folder and their account is deactivated/deleted, will these files still be accessible/visible in the shared folder? Thanks!

[Hannah]

Hey @sandyy, thanks for your post and happy Friday!

If you actually copy this person's files to another folder that is shared between you, even if the account gets deleted, the files will remain in the shared folder. 

Just make sure you are the one that has created the folder, so you'll remain the owner.

Let me know if you have any questions!

[sandyy]

Hey @Hannah,

Thank you for your reply. And if their folder is private to their Dropbox, would they just need to share this folder with me, and then I can make a copy of the files from this private folder to a new folder where I am the owner?

Please let me know if you need any clarifications. Thank you!

[sandyy]

Can somebody follow up on this? Thanks!

[Megan]

Hi @sandyy, sorry to jump in here.

You are right on your point. 

They would need to share the folders or files with you, in order for you to have access. 

I hope this helps.