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DietmarS's avatar
DietmarS
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Dropbox Size counting

Hi, I own a private Drop-Box account and linked a dropbox-link of my association, where I work at the board. My problem is now, that my private Dropbox-Account has a special size. But when I link ...
Storage space
  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    Hi @DietmarSm, you can always ask for the sender to send you a shared link instead.

     

    That way you can view, and download the content locally if needed.

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DietmarS
Explorer | Level 3

Hi Megan,

Many thanks for your quick response. You got the topic and yes it's a shared folder. In that case you answered my question and it seems that there is no way to avoid this :-).

Thanks and take care

Dietmar

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Megan
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2 years ago

Hi @DietmarSm, you can always ask for the sender to send you a shared link instead.

 

That way you can view, and download the content locally if needed.

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