How to Unshare a Dropbox Folder? [8 Effective ways]

Tried to unshare a Dropbox folder and can’t get it done? You are on the right page to check how to unshare a folder in Dropbox.

In some instances, we don’t want others to see our files even if we shared them already. In that situation what we can do is just unshare the file or folder in Dropbox.

Let’s see what are all the occurrences of unsharing the files or folders in Dropbox. Go through the article to get to know the steps.

I have explained what are all the possible ways to unshare folders in Dropbox based on my real-time experience. Check all the topics below.

• How do I Unshare a file or folder with a Member
• How to Delete a Link to a file or folder
• How to Remove Member from a File or Folder
• How to remove members from a shared folder in the Browser
• How to remove a Member from a Shared Folder in the Desktop
• How to remove the shared folders from the Dropbox
• Removing a Shared Folder from the iOS
• Removing a Shared Folder from the Android

How do I Unshare a File or Folder with a Member of Dropbox

We will check here how to unshare files or folders with a member. Read the below step to do the process.

If we shared a file with friends, a team, or someone, we can stop sharing at any time but for that, we first need to check how to share the files. Make sure of the points below to remove members from the folder.

• Check whether you share a link to the file or folder.
• Also, check to add a member to the file or folder.

Keynote: If we want to remove the member but they already downloaded or saved the file to their Dropbox account, even if we unshare them or delete a shared link, they may retain their copy.

How to Delete a Link to a File or Folder in Dropbox

Now we will first see the deletion of a link to a file or folder in Dropbox.

• We can remove a member that got access to a file or folder through the shared link and delete the link which is created by us.
• If we delete a link and click the share button next to the file, all previous members still appear in the list, but the link will be deactivated and won’t work anymore.

To delete a Link follow the below steps carefully.

Step- 1

Open Dropbox.com in chrome, safari, and internet explorer and sign in to the Dropbox account.

Step-2

Click All files on the home page of the Dropbox. Go to the specific file or folder that we want to unshare. Now, click the rectangle with the arrow mark icon and then click the share option.

Step-3

After hitting the share option, we will receive the page as the share this file with the settings options nearby. Tap on it to move next.

Step-4

Once you click the settings option, the page will open with the option Delete link and unshare folder. Click on the Delete link so the link will be deleted first.

Step-5

The confirmation message will see after we hit the delete option so that the link will be deleted, from the person we shared.

These are the methods to delete a link to a file or folder in Dropbox.

How to Remove Member from a File or Folder

We have seen the deletion of a Link from a file or folder, now we will have clarity on how to remove members from a file or folder in Dropbox.

Step-1

As usual, open Dropbox.com from the browser and sign in to the account

Step-2

Click All files on the Home page of the Dropbox as we did in the above steps.

Step-3

Head to the specific file or folder to remove a member that we need to remove a member from the Dropbox folder. Click the rectangle with the arrow mark icon then click the share option.

Step-4

Then we can see the page asks for who can access click on that to proceed next step.

Step-5

Just click on the name or id that we want to remove from the folder. Beside that, we can see the option can view. By clicking the mouse pointer, we get an option to remove them from the folder in Dropbox.

Step-6

Click Remove and we will get a notification message or a confirmation message to remove the member from the folder, so hit the Remove option once again.

Note- When we try to remove a member from a file, that particular person does not have access to our file version in Dropbox.

Another possibility is if the Remove option is blurred or not visible that the member has accessed the file with the help of a link instead of the added member.

If we face that condition we can see a message that says “People who viewed through the link can’t be removed”. For this, we have to make sure our link has been deleted.

Hope the above methods you have understood how to remove members from a folder.

How to Remove Members from Shared Folder

We can unshare the folders or remove specific members if we want to remove access to the shared folders.

In another case, if any shared links are in the folder the link will no longer be available. Then the remaining members will need to create another new link to share separate files in the folder.

Note- When we try to remove a member from a folder or unshare a folder, we have the option to keep a copy of that folder but it will not synchronize with the other accounts.

Remove a Member from a Shared Folder in Browser

When we try to remove a member from the shared folder, we must be owners of the particular folder. Let’s check in the below steps.

Step-1

Open Dropbox.com in a browser such as chrome, internet explorer, or safari and sign in to the Dropbox account.

Step-2

Head to the file where we want to remove a member from a shared folder and click on the share icon (rectangle with arrow- keep a mouse pointer near the file).

Note – For example, here I took DB as a sample file which s already been shared with one member. So I’m trying to remove members from the shared folder.

Step-3

The next page will appear as the share this file beside we can see Settings options. Click on that to do the next foremost step.

Step-4

After hitting on the Settings icon, the page will open with the Unshare file option to remove members from the shared folder.

Step-5

In this last step, the message we can see like “Everyone will be removed from this file. You’ll still keep a copy of this file in your Dropbox”. Click Unshare again to confirm so that members will be removed.

The above steps clearly explained removing members from shared folders.

Remove a Member from a Shared Folder in the Desktop

We have seen removing members from the shared folder in the browser in the above topics. Now we will see that from the Desktop application. It will be helpful for both Windows and Mac users as well.

Step-1

Open the Dropbox folder from windows 7, 10,11, in file explorer or finder on the Mac. For both windows and Mac, below are similar steps that have to follow.

Step-2

Choose the file from which we want to remove the member from the folder in file explorer. Here I have chosen a sample DB design as an example file that I have shared already with the member. Right-click and hit the Share option.

Step-3

The next step is to click the Remove option while clicking the can view icon to go ahead with the next step.

Step-4

The final step is showing a confirmation message to click Remove again. So the member will be removed from the shared folder.

These are all the simple steps we can do in both windows and Mac to remove members from the shared folders.

How to Remove Shared Folders from Dropbox

In the above topics, we have covered removing members, unsharing files, and deleting links. Now we going to see how to remove the shared folder from Dropbox.

Step-1

Open Dropbox.com in a browser such as chrome, internet explorer, or safari and sign in to the Dropbox account.

Step-2

Go ahead to the file where we want to remove the shared folder from Dropbox and click on the Delete icon (Three dots … – keep a mouse pointer near the file).

Step-3

The pop-up message shows “Are you sure want to delete the file from your Dropbox”? Click Delete so the files will be deleted from Dropbox.

Hope you understood the simple process of removing shared folders in Dropbox. However, this is a temporary method and for the permanent method, you can refer above topic to remove members from files or folders.

Removing a Shared Folder from the iOS

We will see below a few steps to remove the folder from the iOS device. Let’s see what are all the steps.

Step-1

Go to the Dropbox account and sign in from the iOS device.

Step-2

Head to the folder that we have already shared with any other members. For example, I took here the DB.docx folder(for example). Click 3 dots near which is near the files to remove a folder from the Dropbox.

Step-4

Scroll down to see the Delete option to remove the shared files from the iOS device.

I believe the above method you understood the process in iOS.

Removing a Shared Folder from the Android

We will also check out below few steps to remove the folder from the android device. Let’s see how it works.

Step-1

Go to the Dropbox account and sign in from the Android device.

Step-2

Head to the folder that we have already shared with any other members. For example, I took the office work folder here for your verification.

Step-3

We can see the files under the specific folder which we want to remove. Click 3 dots under the files.

Step-4

Scroll down to see the Delete option to remove the shared files from the android device.

By the above method, we can remove folders from a shared member in an Android device.

Summing up

Now we come to the conclusion, I believe this article helps you out with all the ways to unshare the folder in Dropbox.

I have covered everything related to unsharing a folder and also touched on mobile devices as well. Hope it might help you when trying to unshare, and remove files and folders in Dropbox.

It might look complex while seeing but if go through step by step it makes things clear.

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