The Dropbox Family plan: an overview

The Dropbox Family plan has 2 TB of storage space that can be shared by up to 6 members, ages 13 years or older in the United States and 16 or older anywhere else. You'll have one Dropbox plan for multiple users. With Dropbox Family, you and your family can securely organize and share content, like photos, videos, and important documents.

With Dropbox Family, each member of the plan gets their own Dropbox account. They can manage their own files and folders and decide what to share with other Family members. A single person, the Family manager, will manage the billing and memberships for the entire Family plan. 

Dropbox stores your files online in the cloud. Each Family plan member can access and share the files and folders stored in their Dropbox accounts from any device, using the Dropbox desktop app, mobile app, and dropbox.com.

Dropbox Family features

Dropbox Family includes all the features available with Dropbox Plus, along with the shared Family Room folder.

Family Room folder
The Family Room folder is a place where your family can organize and access all types of files, from receipts and tax documents to photos and school work. When you upload or create files and folders inside the Family Room folder, all Family plan members will automatically have access to them.

Online-only files and folders
Online-only files and folders help you save hard drive space on your computer. Content stored as online-only can be accessed when connected to the Internet from dropbox.com, the Dropbox desktop app, and Dropbox mobile app.

Dropbox Backup
Dropbox Backup allows you to automatically back up key folders from your computer and external hard drive to Dropbox. With Dropbox Backup, you can also restore files and folders from your backups onto a new computer.

You can access your backed up files and folders here.

Dropbox Paper
Dropbox Paper is an online document workspace where you can edit and format text, plus organize and display media and other files. You can use Paper to create and safely store your own documents or easily share with your Family members. You can create and open Paper docs from anywhere you use Dropbox including dropbox.com, the Dropbox desktop app, and the Dropbox and Paper mobile apps.

Camera uploads
Camera uploads lets you automatically upload photos from your mobile device to your Dropbox account. Once you enable camera uploads, your photos are saved in a folder called "Camera Uploads". You can access this folder from anywhere you use Dropbox and move or share your photos like any other files in your Dropbox account.

Full-text search
Full-text search helps you find files using keywords and file types, rather than only file names. You can search for files and folders in your own Dropbox account as well as content that has been shared with you by other Family members. You can use full-text search anywhere you use Dropbox.

File recovery
File version history helps you recover any file edits or deletions made within the last 30 days. An additional tool, Dropbox Rewind, lets you undo a large number of changes or revert your entire Dropbox account to an earlier state. You can only recover, restore, and Rewind files and folders from your individual account on dropbox.com.

Remote wipe
Remote wipe helps protect your data if your device is lost or stolen. With this feature, you can delete the entire Dropbox folder from a device the next time it connects to the internet. You can only use the remote wipe option from dropbox.com.

Security
Dropbox is designed with multiple layers of protection to secure your files. You can take the extra step of enabling two-factor authentication (also known as 2FA) to keep your account safe. With two-factor authentication you’ll need a security code, in addition to your password, to log in to your account or link a new device. You can only enable two-factor authentication from dropbox.com and will need a mobile device capable of receiving security codes via text message or an authenticator app.