You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

Forum Discussion

AndreiBarta's avatar
AndreiBarta
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Manage dropbox access for subfolders

Hello Dropbox community,

I have a shared team folder that has multiple subfolders, and I want to gave permission on the subfolders just to certain people from the team, not all the team to see all the subfolders, but when I want to remove someone access for a subfolder it pops up a message to remove the access from the parent folder too. Can you help me?

 

 

Permissions
Shared Folders
  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 years ago

    Hey AndreiBarta, sorry to jump in here.

     

    Is the "TPA-Projects-dev" folder inside a team folder (a team folder would have an icon of a building on it)?

     

    Or is it just a shared folder in the team?

     

    From what I can understand from your screenshots, the folder has been shared at the "TPA-Projects-dev" level.

     

    That means that the member you want to remove, will need to be removed from that level, so basically from the parent folder.

     

    If this shared folder ("TPA-Projects-dev") is inside a team folder, you should be able to share the subfolders individually.

     

    Can you try and let me know if it works?

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hi AndreiBarta, thanks for messaging the Community!

     

    You should be able to accomplish this by restricting access to folders by following these steps.

     

    Keep me updated with any progress!

    • AndreiBarta's avatar
      AndreiBarta
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Hello Jay ,

      I have tried to follow the steps but the problem it's the same

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Hey AndreiBarta, sorry to jump in here.

         

        Is the "TPA-Projects-dev" folder inside a team folder (a team folder would have an icon of a building on it)?

         

        Or is it just a shared folder in the team?

         

        From what I can understand from your screenshots, the folder has been shared at the "TPA-Projects-dev" level.

         

        That means that the member you want to remove, will need to be removed from that level, so basically from the parent folder.

         

        If this shared folder ("TPA-Projects-dev") is inside a team folder, you should be able to share the subfolders individually.

         

        Can you try and let me know if it works?

About Security and Permissions

Start a discussion in the Dropbox Community forum to get help with your account security and permissions. Find support from Community members.

Need more support

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X or Facebook.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!