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Is shared content taking up my space? It doesn't seem to go down.
I seem to have several problems mentioned in the community with the storage. I have a client that has shared a large about of pictures for me to get info from. I haven't used Dropbox for a while (I'...
Hi DebbieSB59, welcome to our Community!
Keep in mind that if your client shared a folder directly with you, then yes, it would take up your Dropbox space.
Essentially, the folder exists in their account, and you also keep a copy of the folder.
Have you checked both your plan page, and your Backup page online, to see what you can find about that? Both of these pages will help you, and give you an idea as to what is taking up space inside your account.
Keep me posted!
Hi guys
Is anyone around to offer some quick help? I pay for a large amount of storage on my dropbox and have just created a folder for a client to upload a large file, i have more than enough storage space. I've shared the folder with the client's email address, they should just be able to drop their file in there right? But they're saying they can't because it's maxing them out of their own dropbox storage. I thought if i shared a folder with someone and made them able to edit, they'd be able to drop in files without even needing a dropbox account because they'd have access to my folder / thereforemy account and storage.
- Mark
Super User II
Hi crissybogusz
Shared folders use the quota of all people within the share.
However, what you could do is send the person a Requests Link to upload to you: https://help.dropbox.com/share/create-file-request
- Great thank you. I did that but it capped his upload at 2gb. Is there any way around that?? I have a 2 TB Dropbox so more than enough space on my end.
- Rich
crissybogusz wrote:
Great thank you. I did that but it capped his upload at 2gb. Is there any way around that?? I have a 2 TB Dropbox so more than enough space on my end.The size limit of a file transfer is based on your account level. Plus and Family accounts can receive files up to 2GB. If you want to receive files larger than 2GB, you'd need to upgrade to Professional which allows you to receive files up to 100GB.
