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ashereve
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

File sharing and invites to view/edit folders

Hello all,   I'm new to the Dropbox space and have a question because I'm SO confused!  I have a client who invited me to view folders and also to edit the folders.  Does this affect my personal ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    4 years ago

    Read only links that you view on the website do not use up quotas.

    Shared folders you need for access to edit files do take up quota.

     

    There isnt a way to share space unless the other person has a Business account and adds you to the team. 

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Mark
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Read only links that you view on the website do not use up quotas.

Shared folders you need for access to edit files do take up quota.

 

There isnt a way to share space unless the other person has a Business account and adds you to the team. 

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Family User with problem
New member | Level 2
2 years ago
When I try inviting someone to share a folder on the iPhone app, I get an error message: failed to load sharing screen. Could not retrieve sharing information.

I don’t get past this…..
  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hi Family User with problem, welcome to our Community! 

     

    Can you walk me through the process that you follow? Are these the steps that you follow on your end? 

     

    Have you tried signing out of the app, then back in, by any chance?

     

    Keep me posted!

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