How to use the Enterprise console for admins

Updated Jun 30, 2025
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This article discusses a feature that is only available to customers on Dropbox Enterprise.

The Enterprise console allows Enterprise admins manage multiple Enterprise teams all in one place. 

  1. Log in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
  2. Click Enterprise console in the left sidebar.
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This feature is only available to Dropbox team admins on the Enterprise plan who have set up the Enterprise admin console with their Dropbox Customer Success Manager.

If you’re an Enterprise team admin and you’d like to set up the Enterprise console, contact your Customer Success Manager.

 

Learn more about the regular admin console for Dropbox teams.

In the Enterprise console, you’ll find four different tabs to manage different aspects of your team and their activity: TeamsMembersActivity, and Settings

 

Teams tab

View and manage all connected teams:

  • To invite a new team, click Invite a team.
  • To remove a team, click the   (More options) next to the team name and click Remove.
  • Click a team to a view details, admins, and activity.
  • To manage an admin, click the   (More options) next to their name. From here, you can:

 

Members tab

The Members tab shows a summary of all the members of your connected teams, including admins. You can search and filter them by:

  • Members
  • Teams
  • Role
  • Status

You can also move team members to another Dropbox team account you manage.


To manage a member:

  • Click the  (More options) next to their name to: 
    • Reset their password
    • Edit permissions
    • Remove them from a team


To add an enterprise admin:

  1. Go to the Members tab.
  2. Search for the member you’d like to make an enterprise admin.
  3. Click the  (More options) next to their name.
  4. Click Edit admin permissions.
  5. Select Enterprise admin, then click Next.
  6. Click Make enterprise admin to confirm.

Activity tab

The Activity tab is similar to the team activity log in the regular admin console. It shows a summary of the activity of all admins and team members in one place. You can filter activities by: 

  • Date
  • People
  • Content
  • Activities
  • Team

 

Settings tab

The Settings tab shows the teams you manage.

 

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Note: Enterprise admins can no longer lock certain settings for an instance team from the Enterprise console. To request changes to locked settings, contact Dropbox Support or their Customer Success Manager or use the steps below to update them directly in the team’s admin console.

To update settings for a specific team:

  1. Go to the Settings tab.
  2. Find the team you want to manage.
  3. Click Manage settings.
    • This open’s the team’s admin console where you can update settings using Enterprise admin permissions.
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