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Someone shared a folder with me, and it immediately said I'm out of storage.
Never used DropBox before. Started a new position and was emailed an invite to edit a folder on DropBox by a co-worker. My questions are: This folder is quite large and when I created my log in at the Basic level it said I was out of storage instantly. Do I automatically need to upgrade to more capacity if all I am doing is sharing this other file? or is there a version where I can piggy back off theirs and not need my own account?
Hi Rags1, welcome to our Community!
A shared folder takes up space on both the sender's and the receiver's Dropbox account.
If you have a Basic 2GB account, and someone shared with you a folder that's 2GB or more, that would immediately reduce your quota, and put you out of space.
If you wish, you can ask the user to share a link with you, but that would allow you to view and download the file, and not edit.
I hope this clarifies!
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi Rags1, welcome to our Community!
A shared folder takes up space on both the sender's and the receiver's Dropbox account.
If you have a Basic 2GB account, and someone shared with you a folder that's 2GB or more, that would immediately reduce your quota, and put you out of space.
If you wish, you can ask the user to share a link with you, but that would allow you to view and download the file, and not edit.
I hope this clarifies!
Thank you Megan. If the user share the link and you can view and download, will you be allowed to add to the folder?
- Megan
Hey there, bbzebra, happy Tuesday!
You won't be able to do that when using a shared link for view only purposes.
However, if you need to add content to said folder then the sender can create a File Request and send it your way, in order for you to be able to add the content that you need.
I hope this helps!
