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Deleting a folder
Someone sent me some files in a folder. I now want to delete them but I am told that I will need to provide "administrator permission" to do so. I don't know my Windows password and have never use...
Thanks for your wisdom. It worked. The folder and files are now gone. TTL.
I received a folder with some files that were designated Team files and folder. I did not create this. I am the sole administrator of my computer. When trying to delete this file or its contents I am told I will "need to provide administrative permission" to do so.
The only password I have is that to Dropbox.
What is the trail link to getting permission to delete a Team folder and its files? If I Uninstall Dropbox, will this free the Team folder from its administrative entanglement and allow me to simply delete it?
I do not have a password to my Windows computer and have never "protected" any files on it, knowingly anyway.
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey mdhakr - did you install the Dropbox desktop app with admin privileges in the first place?
Also, are you able to delete this folder after quitting or uninstalling the Dropbox desktop app from your computer
I had no knowledge of TEAM anything until this incident and have never used or been told to use ADMINISTRATIVE-related anything until this incident.
If uninstalling Dropbox will allow deletion, I will do it.
Are these files controlled by Dropbox or by Windows?
Also, if I delete Dropbox, I'm afraid I will lose my extra storage (although with this incident, I am now afraid to use Dropbox).
The following is a screen shot of what the Ear Training Files folder looks like; it is different.
- Megan
I have looked at your link and followed the following:
<<How to permanently leave a folder
- Log in to dropbox.com.
- Hover over the name of the folder you'd like to permanently leave and click the "..." (ellipsis).
- Click Manage permissions.
- Click the dropdown next to your name.
- Click Remove my access.>>
I enclose a shot of what it looks like when I hover above the file name. There is no MANAGE anything.
