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McSix
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Help first time user

I purchased a dropbox folder from someone on snapchat and was wondering how it works. They asked for my email and I gave it but am I supposed to receive an email with the link or am I supposed to find...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 years ago

    Hey everyone!

     

    If someone invites you to become a member of a shared folder, you can either accept the folder from the email invitation, or by going to the Shared tab in your account and clicking on the "Add" button next to the folder.

     

    I hope this helps!

Mark's avatar
Mark
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You need to contact them again then and ask them to resend it. Without them doing that you cannot access it. 

Theres no way to 'search' for shares to join etc. 

Hannah's avatar
Hannah
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Hey everyone!

 

If someone invites you to become a member of a shared folder, you can either accept the folder from the email invitation, or by going to the Shared tab in your account and clicking on the "Add" button next to the folder.

 

I hope this helps!

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