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How to upload files to others' Dropbox account
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Dropboxis a popular file-sharing and collaborative platform that offers manyfile sharingfeatures. The Shared Folder feature inDropboxallows the users to share any folder with otherDropboxand non-dropbox users touploadand view files.
Now if you want touploada file to theDropboxaccount of another user, you must ask them to share the folder with your or ask for a file request.
In this article, we show you how touploadfiles to others’Dropboxaccount by creating a shared folder or a request file link.
How do I upload files to other’s Dropbox account?
1. Use Dropbox file request
Note:File request must be sent by the user to whoseDropboxaccount you are trying touploadthe file.
Users can send files via theDropboxfile request link even if they don’t have aDropboxaccount. This removes the hassle of creating a newDropboxaccount simply to send a file.
Close a file request
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2. Use Dropbox Shared Folder
Note:Touploada file to aDropboxshared folder, you must have aDropboxaccount. Additionally, the user must give you access to the shared folder.
Add a shared folder to your account
Dropboxmakes it easy to share folder and files with otherDropboxand non-Dropboxusers.
While the file request feature allows the users touploadfiles without needing aDropboxaccount, the shared folder feature requires the user to have aDropboxaccount touploadand view shared folder files.
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Tashreef Shareef
Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.
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