
If you’re already an editor, ask them to change the setting that allows editors to invite people. In these cases you can’t invite other members to this file or folder.Ĭontact the owner of the file or folder to make you an editor. You have view-only access to the file or folder.The owner of the folder you were trying to share doesn’t allow editors to share with other members.Error: "You don’t have permission to perform this action." If the user you’re trying to share with is on a Dropbox Business team, ask them to contact their admin to change these settings. If you’re on a Dropbox Business team, contact your admin and ask if they can change your team settings. If you’re on a team that doesn’t allow you to invite members that aren’t on your team.The invitees are on a Dropbox Business team that doesn’t allow their members to have invites from off the team.We’ll let you know how many users you successfully shared with and how many couldn’t be invited. You tried to share with someone who couldn’t be shared with. If you hit the limit, wait 24 hours before trying to send another invitation.Įrror: "Sharing was unsuccessful." or "Can’t share with user." To prevent abuse, there is a limit on how many shared folder invitations you can send in one day. You sent a lot of invitations in a short period of time.


This error only affects the creation of a shared folder and won't affect future invitations to the folder. Now, these files will sync with shared folder members. Paste files from the old folder into the new shared folder.In the Dropbox desktop app, open the old folder you wanted to share.

Add a name for your folder, then add the email addresses of the people you want to share with in the To: box.Choose I’d like to create and share a new folder.

