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bssmusic
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Wrong shared folder owner, how to change it?

Hello, I am new in the forum (not to Dropbox ðŸ˜‰ ) and have noticed a strange phenomenon: In my Dropbox [personal information removed per the Community's Guidelines] I have added my father - 99 year...
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    Megan
    2 years ago

    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! 

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Charles B
New member | Level 2

I'm the owner of a shared folder. Don't know how this happened, I didn't create the folder. I need to transfer ownership, but the folder settings menu doesn't offer that. I also don't have an Admin Console on my home screen. 

I'm a Basic (free) user - could I need to upgrade to get this done?

Thanks

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Charles B
New member | Level 2
2 years ago
Thanks very much but I've sorted it out.

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