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How do I resend the invitation to a shared folder (non business account)

If I search in the forum or on google for "how to resend a dropbox invitation to a shared folder" I find an answer for business accounts, but I just have a normal individual pro account. I shared a folder with about 10 people months ago. 4 joined, and 6 didn't. How do I resend the invite to the 6 people so that I am sure they have a recent invite in their email inbox?

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Rich

You can't. They should be able to accept the invite on the Share page.

https://www.dropbox.com/share

Rich F.4

You can't? This is horrible. Really, really bad. I create a shared folder. I create a list of invitees. I send them the link. Then, I update the folder. I can see all my invitees listed. BUT~ You are telling me I cannot resend the invite? Why on earth is this kind of dysfunction programmed into an app I pay $200./US yearly for? It should be stupid simple to program this. Please, Db. do it!

Oliver A.8

Seriously?

I have exactly the same difficulty

Are we the only two people in the whole world using dropbox to share files?.

Maybe everyone tries it once and then just gives up......

I do wonder nowadays if no one has the patience or tenacity to complain about anything.

Jiri B.

+1 to ability to resend a sharing invite.

Radu V.

I had the same issue. I deleted the address that haven't received and I added again and share it again. It seems it is OK now. In the meantime you can make a link and send the link by email. they can access and download the files via the link.

amaigus

I agree. It's a basic use case. You can send them the link the first time. There's all this flexibility for each person to rename shared folders (and that's great!). So one doesn't necessarily know what link to send them, something like dropbox.com/home/new-name-or-orginal-or-what-was-it?. Meanwhile on their side, they might barely use it and don't remember where that thing you shared with them 6 months ago is.

Rich

That's why there's the Sharing page, so you can see and access everything that has been shared with you.

Also, inviatations don't work like they did previously. Before, when you invited someone to a shared folder, they had to accept the invitation before they were a member. Now, as soon as you invite someone they have access. They can add and remove the folder from their Dropbox at will, without ever changing their membership status within the share. Because of this, there's no reason to re-invite someone that's already a member. They already have access. Only when they leave the share, removing their access completely, would you be able to re-invite someone.

amaigus

Thanks for responding. The share page helps. However, it doesn't provide the kind of direct access one ideally wants for less techy people one is sharing with. They still have to dig through many shares and remember what it's called. But I will use that shares page link from now on. Thanks.

kfcengr

you should be able to re-invite, all types of software allow this function!!

jesget444

"there's no reason to re-invite someone that's already a member."

That's where you're very wrong. I put extensive instructions in the message and they say they never received an invite. Now, how do I go back to the message to retrieve the instructions - I can't - a complete waste of my time....useless and unbelievably bad UX.

Dennis W.11

How does one "make a link and send by email"? When I shared folder with myself I see link to open Dropbox files, but when I copy and paste link into an email to person to share with, it is not active. So when the address/link is pasted into browser it takes me to Dropbox websites, but not the folder I want to share.

Any ideas??
Thanks.

jesget444

I presume you could just copy the URL of the folder and send it to yourself or anyone else who has already been given permission to that folder.

thebends

What if the invitee inadvertantly deletes the original invitation?

@Rich wrote:
That's why there's the Sharing page, so you can see and access everything that has been shared with you.

Also, inviatations don't work like they did previously. Before, when you invited someone to a shared folder, they had to accept the invitation before they were a member. Now, as soon as you invite someone they have access. They can add and remove the folder from their Dropbox at will, without ever changing their membership status within the share. Because of this, there's no reason to re-invite someone that's already a member. They already have access. Only when they leave the share, removing their access completely, would you be able to re-invite someone.

Jane

Hey all,

Thanks for posting about shared folder invites, it'll be a pleasure to follow-up on this query!

Based on a couple of tests I ran, I could see that someone could infinitely re-invite members to a shared folder (even though the user may have already added the folder on his/ her account). The recipient will receive equivalent invites on their email inbox, though only one notification on their Dropbox account online.

If you need further details, just let me know here.

Hope you have a great week ahead!

sandorh

@jesget444 : you are right. This is a living problem.

Niels C.

Has this issue been sorted?

Jane

Hey there (@Niels C.), thanks for the nudge! As this discussion is rather outdated (& just in order to determine the best course of action for you moving forward), could you explain what seems to be troubling you in a bit more detail, in order to ensure that I’m following-up on the right thing? Thanks again & I’ll be awaiting to hearing back from you!

Ann W.6

Jane, thank you for looking into this. I shared a folder with my sister who is not yet a Dropbox user. She did not receive the original invite (maybe it went to junk - maybe it was inadvertently deleted.)

I want to be able to resend the invite now that she is looking for it. We can't find any way to do this in Pro accounts. Does it exist?

Ann

Jane

Hey Ann (@Ann W.6), this shouldn’t be an issue, as you could remove her access from the share in question & re-invite her anew. If she still doesn’t receive the invite, maybe our emails are filtered in her inbox, so you could advise her to check her Spam folder & add "no-reply@dropbox.com" to her address book.

You may give my suggestion a go whenever you find some spare time & please do let me know how you get on with that on this conversation here. Thanks again & I’ll be awaiting your next reply!

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