Invite people to your Dropbox Business team

Once you’ve created your Dropbox Business team, you can begin inviting users at your company or organization to join.

How to invite people to join your Dropbox Business team

You’ll need a license for each person you invite to your Dropbox Business team. 

You can invite members individually or in bulk through a CSV file (a spreadsheet).

Invite members to your team individually

There are two ways to invite new, individual members to your Dropbox Business team—email or a shared link.

To invite new members to your Dropbox Business team via email:

1. Sign in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
2. Click Admin console.
3. Click Members.
4. Click Invite members.
5. Enter the email addresses of people you want to invite, and click Send invites.

If your team is on a Dropbox Business Standard or Advanced plan, you can also invite members using a shared link. Anyone who receives this link will be able to join your team. To invite new members to your Dropbox Business team via a shared link:

1. Sign in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
2. Click Admin console.
3. Click Members.
4. Click Invite members.
5. Select an expiration date for the link using the dropdown menu below Get an invite link.
6. Click Create link.
7. Click Copy link.
8. Share the invite link using your preferred method of communication.

If someone already has a Dropbox account that they use for work, they can convert an existing personal Dropbox account to a Dropbox Business account. Alternatively, they can create a new account altogether.

Notes:

• If the team member’s email is part of a verified domain, (and you have SSO set to Required) they’re automatically added to your team and take up a license
• If a Dropbox user is already on another Dropbox Business team, you can't invite them to your team. Try inviting a different email address.
• If a team member has an @privaterelay.appleid.com address, they will need to add their real email address to their Dropbox account before they can be added to your Dropbox Business team.

Invite members to your team in bulk

You can invite new members to your Dropbox Business team in bulk by filling out and uploading a templatized spreadsheet with each member’s email, first name, last name, and group (or team). To do so:

1. Sign in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
2. Click Admin Console.
3. Click Members.
4. Click Invite members.
5. Click Import CSV file.
6. Click Download template to fill out the CSV.
7. Import your filled out CSV.
8. Click Continue.
9. Click Send invites.

How to manage membership requests for your Dropbox Business team

In addition to admins inviting users to join a Dropbox Business team, users can request to join the team themselves through a membership request. 

Approve membership requests

Dropbox Business admins can manually approve outstanding requests.

1. Sign in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
2. Click Admin Console.
3. Click Members.
4. Click Manage in the box titled [x] members are pending.
5. Under Requests to join, click Send invite next to the requests you want to approve.

Deny membership requests

1. Sign in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
2. Click Admin Console.
3. Click Members.
4. Click Manage in the box titled [x] members are pending.
5. Under Requests to join, click Dismiss next to the requests you want to deny.

Change membership request settings

Admins of Dropbox Business teams and free teams control membership request settings.

1. Sign in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
2. Click Admin Console (paid) or Team (free).
3. Click Settings.
4. Click Membership (paid) or Membership approval settings (free).
5. Choose how users can find and join your team.