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Ckosh's avatar
Ckosh
New member | Level 1
2 days ago

Can my daughter use part of my Dropbox?

Hi there
I have an 10 year old kid, and set her up with her own DB. 

However, the moment I shared a folder with her (which has photos and videos from an event she went to) it reached 2.1GB and maxed out.

I have a 2TB account and just want to be able to let her use part of MY DB to store her pics and videos. She's too young to have her own account really.

I can't move to a Family account as that would be a lot less space than I am currently using in mine (I have over a decade of content in it).

Is there any way to make a folder which I can share with her, and she uses my storage space and not hers? 

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    Ckosh wrote:

    Is there any way to make a folder which I can share with her, and she uses my storage space and not hers? 

    The only way is via a family plan I'm afraid. 

    All Dropbox accounts use up the quota of everybody within it.

    • Ckosh's avatar
      Ckosh
      New member | Level 1

      Thanks Mark. Is there a way to get a family account but keep my 2TB account as part of it? 

      • Mark's avatar
        Mark
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        The family plan includes 2TB, however, it can be shared: https://www.dropbox.com/family

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