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Techsolution's avatar
Techsolution
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

How to transfer the ownership of the whole Dropbox Business Account

Hi,

 

a employee of our company has left, he gots the ownership of our Dropbox.

So how i can transfer the ownership to a other mail adress to delete the account to free up 1 license.

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    Welcome to our Community, Techsolution.

    If there are other admins on the team, besides that user, then one of them can make another member an admin via the Members tab of their Admin Console. 

    It’s also possible to remove the previous admin from the same tab, and even transfer their files to the new admin or another member for that matter. 

    Finally, you can take a look here for more details on how to remove the unused license after that. 

    Let me know if you need anything else!
    • mindsprinter's avatar
      mindsprinter
      New member | Level 2

      When I go into the Admin Console, the old employee no longer has a license nor is she a member with access. Yet from one of our shared folders, she still show under a column for number of members who have  access with a little face icon marked "owner" as its title. Does she or does she not still have access?

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Hey mindsprinter, thanks for your question.

         

        If this was a simple shared folder (and not a team folder), and this person is the owner (creator) of the folder, they'll still have access to the folder.

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