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SPoirier
4 months agoExplorer | Level 4
I'm a Dropbox team member; How can I make myself an admin?
Hello there,
The person that created our Dropbox is no longer interested in being the "Owner" and will not help on passing the torch. I am a user and on the Board for the Not-For-Profit that u...
- 4 months ago
Hey SPoirier, I'm afraid that Rich is right.
Only an already existing admin on a Dropbox team can change the admin permissions for another team member and make them admin.
If you can gain access to the current admin's Dropbox account and make the change, then you should be able to do it on your end, we can't do it from our side, unfortunately.
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey @SPoirier, thanks for reaching out to us.
Can you please clarify if you're referring to making someone else the owner of a shared folder?
Or are you a member of a Dropbox team and are perhaps talking about making someone else the admin?
Let me know and we'll go from there.
SPoirier
4 months agoExplorer | Level 4
Hi Hannah,
Would you mind emailing me or is there a PM option that I can speak to you on?
- Hannah4 months agoDropbox Staff
Hey SPoirier, I'm afraid that Rich is right.
Only an already existing admin on a Dropbox team can change the admin permissions for another team member and make them admin.
If you can gain access to the current admin's Dropbox account and make the change, then you should be able to do it on your end, we can't do it from our side, unfortunately.
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