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\nCould you just check for me, if you select one of these folders and choose the \"Share\" option, and then click the gear icon in the top right corner, do you see an option to \"Unshare folder\" in the bottom left of the window?","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"203","postTime":"2021-03-02T08:56:58.871-08:00","lastPublishTime":"2021-03-02T08:56:58.871-08:00","images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"solution":true,"metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":4479},"placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"videos":{"__typename":"VideoConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"isEscalated":null,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:101001000/category:English/community:mxpez29397board:101001014/message:500376/message:501085","customFields":[],"readOnly":true,"editFrozen":false,"body@stringLength":"431","rawBody":"Hey
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JOfE wrote:... I have never shared them. ...
Hi JOfE,
Are you sure you \"have never shared them\"? 🧐 🙂 I'm sure in just opposite.
At some moment you have shared the folders, in focus, to some people. Later the share recipient(s) remove their-self from the sharing. Finally as a result (most probably a bug) the folder(s) remain \"shared\" while they are NOT actually. 🤷 That's it.
It could be easily reproduced:
The weird thing here is you cannot unshare a folder non shared actually, but still labeled as a such. In my reproductions is a difference. Such a folder appear everywhere as a shared, not just on Dropbox site, like in your case. On my mobile, for example:
On mobile I can cancel sharing (ellipsis menu). It's really strange why the same can't be done on the Dropbox web site. 🤷
The only other workaround, I can think of, is following the steps (folder name \"Test\" is used as an example) below:
Now, there is a same folder \"Test\" without any \"share\" label. 😉 If you are disturbed by the \"labeling\", can repeat the same for all incorrectly labeled folders. The share status get removed only when you unshare file/folder yourself, not by other parties (the actual bug). You can wait for the bug be fixed, but I wont encourage you cause Dropbox will ignore it (I'm pretty sure). The choice is yours.
Hope this helps to some extent.
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Hi
Are you sure you \"have never shared them\"? 🧐 🙂 I'm sure in just opposite.
At some moment you have shared the folders, in focus, to some people. Later the share recipient(s) remove their-self from the sharing. Finally as a result (most probably a bug) the folder(s) remain \"shared\" while they are NOT actually. 🤷 That's it.
It could be easily reproduced:
The weird thing here is you cannot unshare a folder non shared actually, but still labeled as a such. In my reproductions is a difference. Such a folder appear everywhere as a shared, not just on Dropbox site, like in your case. On my mobile, for example:
On mobile I can cancel sharing (ellipsis menu). It's really strange why the same can't be done on the Dropbox web site. 🤷
The only other workaround, I can think of, is following the steps (folder name \"Test\" is used as an example) below:
Now, there is a same folder \"Test\" without any \"share\" label. 😉 If you are disturbed by the \"labeling\", can repeat the same for all incorrectly labeled folders. The share status get removed only when you unshare file/folder yourself, not by other parties (the actual bug). You can wait for the bug be fixed, but I wont encourage you cause Dropbox will ignore it (I'm pretty sure). The choice is yours.
Hope this helps to some extent.
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But I've also found examples on mine of folders that are not - hence why I said to go the other way 🙂
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But I've also found examples on mine of folders that are not - hence why I said to go the other way 🙂
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