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Rich O.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Upgrade required for access to shared folder

Hello, I apologize for being a DropBox rookie.  Someone sent me an invite to a shared folder but DropBox says I have no space and I need to upgrade to be able to accept the invite.  I don't use DropB...
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Kenneth_l
Collaborator | Level 8
9 years ago

Hello, Rich.

Welcome to the community. I'm a Dropbox (DB) newbie too. 

I guess the most important thing right now is to very politely advise you not to delete anything from that shared folder. In theory you could be deleting things from that folder as Basic accounts allow all members of a shared folder to edit contents in it. While DB Pro provides more options I don't know what kind of DB account this other person has.

So I humbly suggest not deleting anything just to be cautious and giving that sharing person some courtesy. Just in case.

After deciding not to delete anything, if you know who the person sharing the folder is you may ask them to send you a share link to that folder instead. That has different rules to play by and shouldn't require you to have a larger storage account just to download files from that folder. 

 

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