Shared With Me - Folder Management for Collaboration Folders
We would like to have a "Shared with Me" folder for any folders we have been collaborated into.
We continually get feature requests for Box to allow a way to organize content shared with me. For example, I'd like to create a "Shared with me" folder that all the content shared with me could be organized into.
I envision this could happen in one of a few ways and there would need to be some determination how much control the end user has....
Option 1:
- Allow end users to check a setting that would create a folder called "Shared With Me". This would also move all folders that someone shared with me into the "Shared With Me" folder.
Option 2:
- Allow end users to manually move folders shared with them into a folder structure of their own design. For example I may create folders such as "Shared from Jim", "Shared from Carol", or "Shared by Andrew
AdminSeth Klein
(Admin, Box)
shared this idea
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Anonymous
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100% Option 2.
And why is this not a thing yet? There are posts complaining about this lack of functionality since at least 2020!
Most of my folders are shared with me, so whenever I have to use my company's Box, it takes me several minutes to find anything because everything is *so* unorganized. Please implement this soon.
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Anonymous
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I’ve been experiencing the same issue for years and it’s really frustrating.
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Anonymous
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This needed to happen like yesterday. My organization is having tremendous difficulty migrating from Google Drive because of this. We're so cross-functional that files become unwieldy.
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Anonymous
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100% Option 2.
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Michael G
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Either option would be a dramatic improvement (especially if one uses Box Drive). Option 2 would be far superior in my opinion, though.
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Anonymous
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I don't know why this hasn't been addressed yet. I don't use Box unless I can't avoid it because of this. My root directory has more than 40 folders "shared with me" - most of which I need to be able to access but RARELY. I can't organize or rename. I'd love to switch out of Google Drive & Dropbox, since my university uses Box, but this issue significantly impedes my willingness to do so. This has been an issue since I first used Box circa 2017 - and there are MANY threads asking for it. They all send us here, to comment. So here I am, again, commenting. Option 2 is hands-down better. But Option 1 would address the issue sufficiently for me to make Box usable for my purposes.
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Anonymous
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July 2024 and still waiting for this option....
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Anonymous
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option 2!
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Anonymous
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Emphatically Option 2!!!
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Anonymous
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Option 2 Please!!!
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Anonymous
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Option 2 would be the best, though for practicality any of the 2 would help.
Our users are also desperately needing this feature. -
Anonymous
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Yes, please fix this ASAP. Either option would be preferable to current, but Option 2 is best.
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Anonymous
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Option 2
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Anonymous
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I agree with option 2. It's getting unmanageable with all the folders that other users are sharing with me. Please give users the ability to organize their folders
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Anonymous
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Option 2 is preferred
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Anonymous
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Please offer Option 2 — I should be able to place shared folders/files anywhere in my drive. The current situation is absurd — no way to keep shared folders organised along with the rest of our content — and really gets in the way of using Box as a platform for serious collaboration. My employer provides Box, but due to this issue, I currently do most collaborative work through Dropbox or other platforms.
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Anonymous
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In the process of moving from Google Drive to Box and not being able to move my shared folders is WILD
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Anonymous
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Does anyone else get the feeling that box is a bit retro?
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Anonymous
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Seriously. The amount of times I've had to sort through folders people shared with me called "Images" is just too many to count. Let us organize folders that get shared to our accounts!
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Anonymous
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Agree, my main folder is a mess because of this. this should be high priority to fix.