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Gala_4
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Is there enough storage freed up to access a shared item?

I am an early adopter of Dropbox -- have been on for 10-15 years. I remember it was creaky at the beginning and I may have had more than 1 account until I got everything working. It's been fine and I...
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    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi Gala_4, if your account has 5.25 GB in total, then you won't be able to join a shared folder that is greater in size. 

     

    You'll need to either earn extra quota on your account, or purchase a paid plan to have enough to join that folder.

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Jay
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Hi Gala_4, if your account has 5.25 GB in total, then you won't be able to join a shared folder that is greater in size. 

 

You'll need to either earn extra quota on your account, or purchase a paid plan to have enough to join that folder.

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Joshua_Marvin
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Why does everyone associated with a shared folder have to have the full storage space when it should only be stored by one account. 

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