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Rachael321
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2 years ago
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Uploading to someone else's dropbox

Hi,   I really need some help with drop box!   The client I work for has created a dropbox account with a large 2TB TerraBite (not 2GB) limit. This is to back up and store all the work I do for t...
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    Walter
    2 years ago

    Hey Rachael321, thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to the Community!

     

    Shared folders in Dropbox take up space on each account that's a member of the share so in this case, you might want to ask them to open a file request for you.

     

    This way you'll be able to upload back to their account without impacting your own quota. 

     

    I hope this helps! 

     

     

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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey Rachael321, thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to the Community!

 

Shared folders in Dropbox take up space on each account that's a member of the share so in this case, you might want to ask them to open a file request for you.

 

This way you'll be able to upload back to their account without impacting your own quota. 

 

I hope this helps! 

 

 

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