Can I control who can create groups?

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New! Dropbox for Business groups

Groups are a new way of managing shared folders that make collaboration easier. Using groups, you can create and manage lists of members to share information directly with the group instead of adding each person individually.

Sign up for early access to enable this feature, and learn more about groups.


If you’re the admin for a Dropbox for Business team, you can choose whether team members can create groups. By default, team members are allowed to create groups, and if you’d like to restrict creating groups to admins only, you can do so easily.

To restrict creating groups:

  1. Sign in to your Dropbox for Business account.
  2. In the left sidebar, click on Admin Console.
  3. Click Groups.
  4. Select No under "Can people on my team create their own groups?"
Admin disallow team members to create groups Choose No to restrict group creation