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Forum Discussion
Sharing folders without space
I want to accept an invitation to share a folder but dropbox won't let me without buying more space.
what's the deal here? If the owner has the space why can't I accept the invitation, look at it a...
If you have read/write access to a folder then it is also part of your Dropbox and so uses your quota. So yes, regardless of how big the other persons quota is if its a read/write folder you will need to upgrade to view it if you do not have enough space in your account.
If you just need read only access they can use shared links via https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/view-only-access which will not use your quota.
I received an email that informed me that someone I know shared a file with me that contained pictures. I clicked on the link in the email to look at the file, but received a message that said I did not have enough space in my dropbox. Am I forced to upgrade my dropbox to view a folder on someone else's dropbox? Similarly, if I share a folder with someone, must they download dropbox to view it? If the folder I am sharing is bigger than the 2 GB that comes with the free version, is that person I tried to share the folder with required to subscribe to dropbox?
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIIf you have read/write access to a folder then it is also part of your Dropbox and so uses your quota. So yes, regardless of how big the other persons quota is if its a read/write folder you will need to upgrade to view it if you do not have enough space in your account.
If you just need read only access they can use shared links via https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/view-only-access which will not use your quota.
