Deleting a folder

[mdhakr]

Someone sent me some files in a folder.  I now want to delete them but I am told that I will need to provide "administrator permission" to do so.   I don't know my Windows password and have never used this.  I tried to delete it

from the Command prompt with administrator privileges.  Access was denied.  The folder is EAR TRAINING FILES.

[mdhakr]

Hey Megan.  Now we're talkin'.    I don't want to go too fast to screw anything up.

Ron sent the files to me, Jack.  He has deleted this folder from his computer as we thought we were done once I accessed them.  They are only left on my side.

So here are the pics of what happens when I hover.

What will actually happen when I "remove my access"?  

[Megan]

Hey @mdhakr!

Once you remove your access, essentially you will no longer be part of the shared folder. 

[mdhakr]

Will I be able to delete it on my end?

[mdhakr]

Also who would have been responsible in this case for causing the Administrative foo faa that I have had to endure.   In 10 odd years of Dropbox, I have never encountered anything like this without my knowledge of it.  I have passed files to others to share but have never invoked any administrative permissions etc.

[mdhakr · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your wisdom.  It worked.  The folder and files are now gone. TTL.

[Megan]

That's amazing news @mdhakr!

If you need anything else, just give us a shout. Enjoy the rest of your week ahead! 😀

[mdhakr]

I do need to know:  Where (on the sender's or receiver's side), would that manage privileges be generated for those files?

[Megan]

Essentially the "administrator permission" you received when trying to remove the folder, was because it was a shared one @mdhakr.

You needed to remove yourself from the folder first. You can see more about shared folders' permissions here. 

[mdhakr]

I know, but who did the sharing in the first place me, Jack, or Ron, the sender?

[Megan]

Based on your screenshot it seems that Ron was the owner, therefore the sender of the folder @mdhakr.