Remove a Folder Member and Unshare it

Learn how to remove a folder member and unshare a folder using the Dropbox API.

In this lesson, we are going to explore some more endpoints of the sharing namespace, which include the following:

  • remove_folder_member
  • unshare_folder

Remove a folder member

The sharing/remove_folder_member endpoint is used to remove a specific member from a folder. Only the members with owner or editor rights can perform this task. This endpoint also needs us to enable the sharing.write permission.

Request parameters

It takes three required parameters, which are outlined in the following table.

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