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Murmur
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

How does shared business account storage work?

This is probably a simple question, but I haven't been able to find a clear answer. We just created a business account for our small team. We often work with freelancers who need access to edit and u...
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 months ago

    The only way for other users to user your quota would be to join your Dropbox team, which would require a new paid license, and the merging of their Dropbox account to your team, which isn't suitable for most users (given their own personal files).

     

    Regarding your second question, edit access also means the ability to delete files from the shared folder, so they could delete your files.

     

    You could use a file request link instead for them to upload files directly to your account, without using any of their quota. This article might also help with more information on shared folders. 

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