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Folder Ownership and Multiple Folder Owners

Folder Owners

Sometimes you will see (owner) next to a user’s name in the People on this Folder tab. Functionally, this means that this user is an admin of the folder and cannot be managed by other people.

Why do I see multiple owners on a folder?

When you add a user to a folder who already has access to the folder via the Super User Group they will show as an Owner on the folder.

Since they have access to the folder already with the permission to download, upload, delete and administer access, they will be listed as an Owner with their settings greyed out so that no one can edit them.

What’s the difference between an owner and the creator?

When a folder is created by a user, the creator will be listed as the Creator of the folder when viewing the folder as an individual item. Once you have navigated within that folder, you can view the current folder owner in the Folder Access pane at the bottom of the page. If a user created a folder, but has been removed from the account, that user will still be listed as the Folder Creator. However, Folder Owner will be changed when the deleted user’s folders and files have been reassigned to another user.

How can I edit this user’s alerts on this folder?

Since this user is marked as an owner, you will be unable to edit their settings. If they want to receive upload or download alerts on this folder, they will have to login, and add these alerts for themselves.

Folder Ownership and Multiple Folder Owners