The information in this article applies to certain types of admins on Dropbox Professional, Essentials, Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, and Enterprise.
Team folders help admins manage team files and folders. You can share team folders with your entire Dropbox team, or with specific groups.
If you want to manage your team folders, or have issues with team folders, read on for specific instructions.
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Note: Depending on your team’s top-level content management setting, team members may be able to create team folders at the top level. Admins can manage this setting from the admin console. If you’re an admin, learn how to create team folders from the admin console.
To create a team folder as a team member:
Admins can always rename team folders. Depending on your team’s top-level content management setting, team members may also be able to rename team folders they have edit access to. Admins can manage this setting from the admin console.
To rename a team folder:
Note: When a team folder is renamed, the name is changed for all team members.
Top-level team folders can't be moved out of the team space nor can they be "nested" within another folder. If you have edit access to a team folder, you can move a subfolder contained within it to either another team folder or another subfolder. Subfolders can’t be moved to the top level of the team space.
Note: When moving files and subfolders out of the team folder, you’ll see a pop-up, warning you that existing users will lose access to the files and subfolders moved out of the team folder.
Learn how to share or copy a team folder. Only admins can copy top-level team folders to other locations or to the top level of the team space.
Note: Depending on your team’s top-level content management setting, team members may be able to delete team folders at the top level. Admins can manage this setting from the admin console. However, only admins can restore deleted team folders.
To delete a team folder:
When a team folder is deleted, it gets removed from the team space.
Only admins can restore a deleted team folder. In the Content page of the admin console, click Show deleted files on the right side, hover over the folder and click ☑ (more options), then select Restore.
Notes:
Note: Removing a user's or group's access to a team folder essentially unshares that folder.
Team members may be able to add or remove people from a team folder. Admins can change this setting in the Content tab of the admin console.
To manage access to a team folder:
To manage access for individuals within a team folder:
Note: When you remove an individual from a team folder it will become restricted. Any new team members will need to be manually added to the folder.
Team members and admins may move a shared folder into the team space as long as the following requirements are met:
You can’t move a folder if you don’t have edit access to the folder you’re trying to move the folder into. Team members with edit access to the top level of a team space can convert shared folders in their personal space to team folders. Learn more about managing who can create top level team folders.
I'm trying to move a shared folder into another shared folder
You can't move a shared folder into another shared folder. This is referred to as "nesting," and will break shared folder functionality.
However, team members on a Dropbox team account plan can move a shared folder into a team folder.
Note: Team members will see a pop-up, warning them that existing users will lose access to the files and subfolders moved out of the team folder.
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Admins
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The team folder manager is a tool for organizing a Dropbox team folder structure. Learn how to create, manage, rename, and archive team folders.
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Dropbox Basic teams allow you to collaborate, share files and documents, all within a shared workspace. Learn more about Dropbox Basic teams.