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Ckosh
New member | Level 1
7 hours ago

Can my daughter use part of my Dropbox?

Hi there I have an 10 year old kid, and set her up with her own DB.  However, the moment I shared a folder with her (which has photos and videos from an event she went to) it reached 2.1GB and ma...
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Mark
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6 hours ago
Ckosh wrote:

Is there any way to make a folder which I can share with her, and she uses my storage space and not hers? 

The only way is via a family plan I'm afraid. 

All Dropbox accounts use up the quota of everybody within it.

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    Ckosh
    New member | Level 1
    6 hours ago

    Thanks Mark. Is there a way to get a family account but keep my 2TB account as part of it? 

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      Mark
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      5 hours ago

      The family plan includes 2TB, however, it can be shared: https://www.dropbox.com/family

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