Beginning August 15, 2024, Dropbox will update their folder structure and layout to improve organization and ease of use. This change will modify the “path” to files in your Brown Dropbox account. An interactive preview of the new experience and migration guide are available and recommended for review.

The Dropbox folder structure changes are as follows:

• You will have a new “personal folder” titled with your name, e.g., “Josiah Carberry”.

  • The files/folders you own and files/folders shared with you are now stored in this folder. This does not include Team Folders.

  • If you need to access this from Windows, the path will look like "C:\users\<username>\Brown Dropbox\<Your Name>

• When you share a subfolder in a Team Folder with someone who doesn’t have access to the Team Folder, the entire folder path to the subfolder you’ve shared will be visible to them.

  • This change will apply to all existing/previously shared subfolders, as well as any new subfolders you share moving forward.

  • Any other files or subfolders outside the folder path a collaborator is not explicitly shared on will remain hidden from their view. This includes any content in the folder path.

  • The newly revealed folder paths should not be visible to external collaborators outside of the Brown domain. They will only be visible to collaborators who have accounts within the Brown Dropbox Team.

• The name of subfolders within Team Folders may change, even if you were previously given access to the folder.