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Some files were shared with me by another user and now I'm over-quota. What is happening?
I am very confused.
I've had a personal Dropbox for quite some time that I really never used. I was granted access to someone else's box not long ago so that I could read and add files to their b...
Hope you don’t mind if I jump in, Michael M. You can see more details in our Help Center article here on what would get deleted exactly in that scenario.
Let me know if you have any further questions, though.
Thank you Mark.
I take this to mean that files I did not create will be deleted in the actual owners box because I do not have enough room in my own? If so, that would be disastrous.
I have been looking to do as you recommended. I am in www.dropbox/share and see nothing that allows me to leave the share. Thanks again for your time, I clearly have no idea what I am doing.
- Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Hope you don’t mind if I jump in, Michael M. You can see more details in our Help Center article here on what would get deleted exactly in that scenario.
Let me know if you have any further questions, though.
Roga41Hi Michael,
You may try to follow these steps on how to leave a shared folder :
Another option would also be to consider upgrading your plan to any of our paid plans, or you can suggest to the sender of your files to consider getting a team plan that allows the team owner to take ownership of the cost of the subscription, but allows you a share of the team space so you are always abreast of the updates or changes being made on the shared folder and do not have to worry about getting short of space anymore. Hope this helps.
Thank you
