How to unshare a Dropbox folder
When you unshare a folder in Dropbox, the files are permanently deleted from each member's account and removed from any linked devices when the Dropbox desktop app syncs again. If you're the owner of a shared folder, you can unshare the folder at any time, except if:
- The folder contains shared folders
When you share a folder, the people you invite to that folder then have access to everything within it—including other folders. You can set user permissions to edit or view-only, but you can’t unshare specific files or folders within a shared folder.
- The folder is inside another shared folder
If you’re the owner of the parent folder and want to unshare a subfolder, you can move the subfolder out of the shared parent folder and then unshare it. You can also manually remove members at the parent folder level following the instructions above.
- The folder contains inactive shared folders
If a shared folder contains inactive shared folders, you won’t be able to unshare the parent folder. Since these inactive folders aren’t shown by default, you may not know why the folder can’t be unshared.
To resolve this:
- Click Show deleted files to display any inactive shared folders within the parent folder.
- Restore the inactive shared folders, then move them out of the parent folder.
- Proceed with unsharing the folder.
To unshare a folder: