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. 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 has 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 gives customers access to all of the same features available in both the Dropbox Basic and Dropbox Plus plans, plus access to the shared "Family Room" folder. These features help you organize, share, and protect your family’s important files, from documents to photos.
 

"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 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 Vault 
Dropbox Vault is a feature that lets you create a location in Dropbox with an additional layer of security for your most sensitive files. You can share your vault with trusted contacts and, like a Dropbox folder, you can access it from anywhere you use Dropbox.
 

Dropbox Passwords
Dropbox Passwords is a, mobile app, and browser extension that stores and syncs your passwords across devices. You can use Passwords to save your account usernames and passwords, suggest new passwords, sync logins across your devices, and autofill them when you log into websites and mobile apps.
 

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 own 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.
Note: Photos uploaded to your account aren't automatically shared with other Family plan members.
 

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 a device is lost or stolen. With remote wipe, 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-step verification (also known as two factor authentication or 2FA) to keep your account safe. With two-step verification you’ll need a security code, in addition to your password, to sign in to your account or link a new device. You can only enable two-step verification from dropbox.com and will need a mobile device capable of receiving security codes via text message or an authenticator app.