How to stop Dropbox team members from permanently deleting files
Updated Oct 10, 2023
This information in this article applies to certain types of admins on Dropbox Professional, Essentials, Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, and Enterprise. |
Certain types of Dropbox admins can manage whether team members have the ability to permanently delete content.
How to stop team members from permanently deleting files
To prevent team members from permanently deleting files:
- Log in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
- Click Admin console in the left sidebar.
- Click Settings.
- Under Content, click Deletion.
- Toggle Permanent delete to Off.
- Click Save.
If a team member tries to delete a file while this setting is toggled to Off, they’ll be asked to enter a password to continue. If they’re not an admin, they won’t be able to delete the file.
Notes:
- Even if Permanent delete is set to Off, admins will still be able to permanently delete files if they log in as a team member.
- This setting is not integrated with Dropbox Replay.
- This setting doesn’t apply to Send and track content.
