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I wanted to delete my files from Dropbox account. What is more I wanted this files to be deleted from acounts of my friends, becase I shared this files with my friends.
I completely deleted my Dropbox account. But later I realized that the files I shared to my friends was not deleted.
How do I force these files to be deleted from their accounts?
In the web interface click repeatedly the second column header, i.e. Type until it shows Size - then you will see the size of all the items in the current folder.
In the latest version it is now a drop-down that you can click and select Size.
It appears that the files were not mine to delete after all.
Right clicking on the folder brings up the context menu - the first option of which is Shared Folder Options. Clicking on that option shows the following dialog:
In this case I'm the only member on the list so it's safe to delete the folder. In the other folder there were more names on the list - the person who shared the folder in the first place and others. In this case it would NOT be safe to delete the folder as it would delete it for everyone else as well.
The correct action here is to click on the "Leave folder" option. You get the option to keep the files on your computer and then on OK your usage is reduced by the size of the files that were in the folder.
Best Answer
I am afraid that there is no way to delete these files from your friends' Dropbox accounts by hindsight.
The only way to delete those files is when you unshare shared folders, you're asked if you want to keep shared files on others Dropbox accounts.