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MJoergensen
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Don't have permission to permanently delete a folder

Hi we have a dropbox folder which is shared amongst three people. I have created a subfolder which I now want to permanently delete.   As I'm not the of the parent folder I don't have permissio...
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    MJoergensen
    4 years ago

    Hi Jay 

     

    That was it! we changed the ownership of the folder to me and now it's permanently deleted. Thank you very much.

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Jay
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Is NS the team admin on that Dropbox Business team? 

The team admin does have the ability to prevent permanent deletions on any file in their account.
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MJoergensen
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Hi Jay 

 

That was it! we changed the ownership of the folder to me and now it's permanently deleted. Thank you very much.

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    Jay
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    4 years ago
    Glad to have helped out, MJoergensen!

    If you need any further assistance, please let me know. Enjoy the remainder of your week!

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