Admin Forum

Dear Box Admins, We are happy to announce that we have successfully completed private beta testing of Box Drive Cloud Files and now are ready to start the public beta. The beta requires initial testing by your IT team, followed by testing from selected end users within your organization within the coming months.To join our public beta program, please submit your request using the form linked here. We will provide detailed instructions on how to enable this feature for beta users. Make sure to review and acknowledge the Main Beta Agreement before starting to test the beta version of Box Drive.This new version includes many improvements that enhance performance, reliability, and ease of use. Here are some great features and upgrades you can

I have deleted a user in error. Please advise if I can reactivate her immediately!

Please cancel whatever I signed up for (I’m crying)  

My name is Junichi Adachi from Minaris Advanced Therapies in Japan.Our US headquarters currently holds an enterprise-level Box contract and manages the global environment centrally.We are now considering implementing Box Zones for our Japan office to enable localized data residency and establish a more independent management structure.We would appreciate your guidance on the following points:Questions:What is the recommended setup process for Box Zones to ensure that content for Japan-based users (initially around 30 users, including external collaborators) is stored within Japan?What are the additional licensing costs associated with enabling Box Zones for this scale of usage?Is it possible to assign and manage Box Zones independently for Japan-based users via the admin console(I have admin rights)?Can we strictly restrict access to data from outside Japan, ensuring compliance with local data residency requirements?Could

Dear Community, I would like to open a folder to my entire organization in reading (with downloading capability mode).How do I proceed without adding every single person individually to collaborate ?Many thanks for your key support !

I need to restrict access to a folder to a certain group of our employees and not allow the other employees access.  How do I do this? 

Some users in my organisation are locking files when editing them, this lock is being put on automatically, it is not something the users are doing manually. We are expecting multiple users to be able to edit the file(s) at the same time with co-authoring.Things are setup correctly for co-authoring for other users as this doesn’t happen with them but I can’t see any different in the setup.

We’re refreshing the Box web experience with a cleaner, more intuitive interface designed to help you move faster and stay focused. The new updates will improve navigation, reduce clutter, and keep your most important content within reach.Here is what’s changing: Collapsible left navigation Maximize your workspace by collapsing the sidebar when you need more room. When collapsed, hover over Collections to quickly view items in your Collections. Organized features under “More” To keep the layout tidy, Canvas, Integrations, Synced, and Trash now live under the More menu.

I want to change my subscription from a free user to a paid subscription. Does the storage upgrade right away? Will I still have access to all my files right away?

I am the Box Admin for our company and set up new users, folders, etc. on a regular basis...One of our employees somehow became an Unmanaged User...any idea how in the world that happened?  I’ve tried migrating him and he swears he hasn’t gotten the email.  I’m tempted to delete his account and start over….anybody????I seriously need to know how it happened and if he did something.  I can’t get a live agent to help me and I’m at my wits end. 

When and How would be possible to download BOX drive for windows11 armx64 device?Thanks

Hi,I have a business account in Box, but it doesn’t accept my credentials. I have changed my password several times, but I still cannot access my account and keep receiving an “invalid credentials” error.In addition, I created a new account using my personal email and upgraded it to a business plan for three users. However, when I try to change the email to my old business email, I receive an error saying it already belongs to another account. I also cannot send an invite link to my old business email to add it to the new account. How can I access my old business account to delete it? After deleting the old account, is it possible to update my personal email (admin) to a business account? Best regards,Amir

We are looking to not allow unmanaged users, so we can control new accounts. Is there a way to force this option?

Hello.I recently signed up for the "Business Starter" plan. I wanted a monthly contract, but it was an annual contract. I would like a refund and then change to a monthly contract. I look forward to your response.

I’m being billed $8.45/m., but I’m not using Box at all. How can I stop my paid subscription? I don’t see any way to do that on the “account settings” page.  Thanks!

Hello, How do I enable email notification for documents uploaded to specific folder using the link? 

Hello - Our Box Admin is registered to a generic company email and we need to link it to an active user to not need to buy an additional seat. Could you please help us change the registered email that our account is linked to? Thanks. 

I am trying to add a user but it says the email is already used in Box but not associated with an enterprise. How do I add them to my group? 

I’m trying to access my Admin Console at Box.com. I just get a blank white page. I have tried clearing browser cache. I’ve tried from multiple locations and multiple browsers. I see that others have had this issue in the past but don’t see any solutions. Any suggestions? 

The owner of our account has left the organization and I need to remove them and I am not sure how. I am the owner of the firm and co-owner of the folders, but when I deactivated the employee, all the folders on which he was the owner are now inaccessible.

Hello, Unfortunately I have an outstanding invoice as my credit card has changed,Unfortunately, I always get this error when I try to update my card at https://app.box.com/update. An error has occurred while processing your enquiry.We were unable to process your enquiry. Please check that all fields are filled in correctly and try again, or visit support.box.com for further assistance. I have also sent an e-mail to billing@box.com twice without success.

Hello,I am the Senior Manager of Data at a small non-profit. We use Box extensively to collect sensitive and personal information from external collaborators. Some of these collaborators have raised concerns about our IT Manager having access to all of the folders we use. We are using a “closed” folder structure where our IT Manager created the top-level folders so the waterfall permissions fall down to the lowest levels.Is there any way our administrator could continue to see the folder structure but not the actual files in the folders?Thank you!

I currently have an unlimited account and share folders with collaborators. One collaborator is trying to upload data to a shared folder but is receiving an error that there is not enough storage space. I don’t understand why they would receive this error given that we both have unlimited BOX accounts. Can you help me determine the cause of this and suggest a way to increase the storage space.

It has long been an annoyance to me that new Box functionality and tools do not include standardised functions such as column sorting and filtering across all parts of the screens.   Instead, they are currently selectively added (if requested/thought of by the developers), or added and displayed in a way that contradicts or is different to similar/same functionality elsewhere. 

Just upgraded to paid account and cannot initiate a new signature request. I hadn’t reached my 5 limit before upgrading.