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Wrong shared folder owner, how to change it?
Hello,
I am new in the forum (not to Dropbox 😉 ) and have noticed a strange phenomenon: In my Dropbox [personal information removed per the Community's Guidelines] I have added my father - 99 year...
Hi Barbara 2022, welcome to our Community!
In order to change the owner on your shared folders/files you'd need the current owner, to follow the steps mentioned here.
That way, you can take ownership of the content that you need.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey bssmusic, welcome to our Community!
Can you clarify if you're talking about shared folders, and specifically the owner of the folder, or if you're part of the team and you want to change the team's admin?
Can you also check if you're using an individual plan, or a Business one?
Let me know more, and we'll take it from there.
Hello Megan,
sorry for my late Answer, but I had to work this weekend (I am one of these people who work, when others celebrate ). We talk indeed about a Folder I have opened to my father, Ernst Baumgartner, so that he could share some movies. To my surprise he is now owner of the folder, and I am only user with working rights.
BTW: User ID 1537770
Any ideas?
- Megan
Thanks for clarifying, bssmusic.
Even though you didn't mention the plan of the account, am I to assume that you have two individual accounts?
If your father is the owner of a shared folder, the only one able to change and pass ownership to you, would be him, from his account.
Provided you have some trouble when trying to log into the account, then you can download the content, and create a new shared folder on your end.
