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Shared folders should take up space only from the owner's account, not from the members'.
Pretend I'm a user with a paid Dropbox account. I share a folder to 10 people and ask them to upload files to this folder for me so I can work on a project.
None of the 10 people has a paid Dropbo...
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Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey VoiceOfTrenton!
If you have edit access to the folder, the folder will need to take up space in your account as well, so that you can edit it.
If you no longer need to have access to it, you can remove your own access, by following the steps here.
Otherwise, if you need to access it, without affecting your own space, ask the owner to send you a "view-only" link instead.
And lastly, if you need to, say, upload files to their account, they can also send you a file request, which won't affect your space either.
I hope this helps!
yidanz
Dropbox Engineer
Dropbox EngineerHello VoiceOfTrenton, I would also recommend checking out Dropbox File Request. It may work well for the scenario you are describing.
