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How do I resend the invitation to a shared folder (non business account)
If I search in the forum or on google for "how to resend a dropbox invitation to a shared folder" I find an answer for business accounts, but I just have a normal individual pro account. I shared a ...
I agree. It's a basic use case. You can send them the link the first time. There's all this flexibility for each person to rename shared folders (and that's great!). So one doesn't necessarily know what link to send them, something like dropbox.com/home/new-name-or-orginal-or-what-was-it?. Meanwhile on their side, they might barely use it and don't remember where that thing you shared with them 6 months ago is.
Rich
Super User II
Super User IIThat's why there's the Sharing page, so you can see and access everything that has been shared with you.
Also, inviatations don't work like they did previously. Before, when you invited someone to a shared folder, they had to accept the invitation before they were a member. Now, as soon as you invite someone they have access. They can add and remove the folder from their Dropbox at will, without ever changing their membership status within the share. Because of this, there's no reason to re-invite someone that's already a member. They already have access. Only when they leave the share, removing their access completely, would you be able to re-invite someone.
"there's no reason to re-invite someone that's already a member."
That's where you're very wrong. I put extensive instructions in the message and they say they never received an invite. Now, how do I go back to the message to retrieve the instructions - I can't - a complete waste of my time....useless and unbelievably bad UX.
Thanks for responding. The share page helps. However, it doesn't provide the kind of direct access one ideally wants for less techy people one is sharing with. They still have to dig through many shares and remember what it's called. But I will use that shares page link from now on. Thanks.
What if the invitee inadvertantly deletes the original invitation?
Rich wrote:That's why there's the Sharing page, so you can see and access everything that has been shared with you.
Also, inviatations don't work like they did previously. Before, when you invited someone to a shared folder, they had to accept the invitation before they were a member. Now, as soon as you invite someone they have access. They can add and remove the folder from their Dropbox at will, without ever changing their membership status within the share. Because of this, there's no reason to re-invite someone that's already a member. They already have access. Only when they leave the share, removing their access completely, would you be able to re-invite someone.
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
Hey all,
Thanks for posting about shared folder invites, it'll be a pleasure to follow-up on this query!
Based on a couple of tests I ran, I could see that someone could infinitely re-invite members to a shared folder (even though the user may have already added the folder on his/ her account). The recipient will receive equivalent invites on their email inbox, though only one notification on their Dropbox account online.
If you need further details, just let me know here.
Hope you have a great week ahead!
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