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Scott T.15
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
Cannot Access Shared Files
I have nothing in my Dropbox account other than some PDFs and someone shared files with me from their account and Dropbox is forcing me to upgrade, which I refuse to do just to access some files. I d...
- 3 years ago
If you dont need edit access on the files ask the person who is sending you them to send you a shared link instead 🙂
https://help.dropbox.com/share/create-and-share-link
Scott T.15
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
thanks. will try that
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