Sections in this article:
Parent folder: A folder that contains other folders.
Subfolder: A folder within another folder.
Team folder: Admins can edit team folders from the admin console. You can also restrict access to folders created inside a team folder. Learn how to create a team folder.
Shared folder: Shared folders can’t be edited from the admin console. You can’t restrict access to folders created inside a shared folder. Learn how to create a shared folder.
If you’re the owner of a shared folder, you automatically own all subfolders contained within it. Even if someone else creates a new subfolder under your parent folder, you’ll automatically own the newly-created subfolder.
If you change the owner of the parent shared folder, the new owner will own the parent shared folder as well as all of its subfolders.
Ownership of shared folders must be changed at the parent folder level. Learn how to transfer ownership of a shared folder.
Learn how to find who has access to a shared folder and what type of access they have.
To move a shared folder into another shared folder, you must own the file or folder you’re moving and have edit access to the destination folder.
Note: You can only move a shared folder into another shared folder on dropbox.com and the Dropbox mobile app.
To move a shared folder into another shared folder:
On dropbox.com
On the Dropbox mobile app
You can unshare a folder as long as:
Notes:
There’s a limit on the amount of shared folders you can create. If you can’t create a new shared folder, you might have reached the limit.
If you’ve reached the limit for shared folders you can create in one folder, you can: