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man-u-l's avatar
man-u-l
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

Dropbox Paper leave a shared document or folder

I am having a problem, I read an article about how to manage projects using paper, the article had a link to a sample Paper Document, I clicked on it and I was added to the Document list of people wh...
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Jane's avatar
Jane
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Hey Kris89, while we’re gathering all the relevant feedback internally, kindly note that it’s possible to be removed from a shared Paper doc by contacting the Owner. Have you asked them to remove your access by any chance? Please let me know & I’ll do my best to further advise. Thanks!
JasonBriscoe's avatar
JasonBriscoe
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

The issue here is you're not listening to what we're saying Jane – we don't want to reach out to owners to have ourselves removed. We should have the ability to remove ourselves without needing to contact the author.

  • tomizza o.'s avatar
    tomizza o.
    Helpful | Level 6
    6 years ago

    i second everybody here who asks for a decent way to remove oneself from a paper document — without reaching out to the owner or anybody else.

    we are sharing (everybody with the link is an editor) one document with over 300 individuals right now, some of whom never or no longer want that document on their own dashboard, regardless of whether it counts against their dropbox size or not. right now they keep archiving it — without even knowing that they thus  archive it for everybody else as well

    Jane, I appreciate your ongoing efforts for the last 2+ years — but I do not get what you obviously do not get: your proposed solution for those 2+ years ("ask the owner to remove you") just does not fit a streamlined collaboration workflow efficiently.

    why not offer a button "leave document" instead of that bold "invite" button on the very top?

    or at the very least have a "leave" in the "..." ellipsis menu: instead of the infamous "archive"-option (which should be available for the owner only)

    and could you please remove that "Solved: " from the title?  it just does not ring true for so many of your users

  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
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    6 years ago
    Hey tomizza o., I’m following this discussion closely & submitting your observations for review to the relevant team for future iterations. 
     
    I understand that the discussion has taken a new turn centralizing on your assessment &/or reactions to the functionality, therefore I’ve un-accepted the Solution to the thread. 
     
    Thanks again for your constructive feedback! 

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