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Leaving a shared folder

I'm trying to remove my personal dropbox account from a shared work folder. When I follow the steps below, it deletes the folder for all users. (I double checked using my work dropbox). We are not a team. How can I exit from this shared folder? I am not the owner.

How to temporarily leave a folder

Log in to dropbox.com.
Hover over the name of the folder you’d like to remove and click "..." (ellipsis).
Click Delete.

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Здравко

Hi @noob1,

Using Delete is never a good idea! Most probably instead of deleting your shared folder you have deleted some subfolder into the shared folder. That's why that subfolder disappear for all.

Another, more stable way, is to follow here. Find out there the shared folder you want to leave. Select the ellipsis on the right. Select "Remove from Dropbox" from the popup menu. 😉

Hope this helps.

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Здравко

Hi @noob1,

Using Delete is never a good idea! Most probably instead of deleting your shared folder you have deleted some subfolder into the shared folder. That's why that subfolder disappear for all.

Another, more stable way, is to follow here. Find out there the shared folder you want to leave. Select the ellipsis on the right. Select "Remove from Dropbox" from the popup menu. 😉

Hope this helps.

Jay

Hi @noob1, thanks for messaging the Community!

Could you clarify if the steps you provided aren't working for you? Which step isn't appearing?

This will help me to assist further!

noob1

Thank you, that worked. I was trying to remove myself from each subfolder and only saw the "Delete" command. Going up one level to my main shared folder gave me the "Remove from Dropbox" command.

noob1

I was trying to follow the steps on this webpage

https://help.dropbox.com/share/leave-shared-folder?utm_source=sup&utm_content=chatbot

which didn't work. The answer from @Здравко solved all my problems 🙂

CapitalForeign

You have to admit, the Help Center instructions are EXTREMELY misleading, especially for someone who is a not a regular user but only occasionally accepts shared files. They should add a warning to those instructions.