# Unable to "Allow deleting" when sharing a folder in External Storage

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/unable-to-allow-deleting-when-sharing-a-folder-in-external-storage/147970>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** external\_storage, sharing\
**Created:** [October 21, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/unable-to-allow-deleting-when-sharing-a-folder-in-external-storage/147970 "2022-10-21T03:27:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tristan-orourke](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/tristan-orourke/32/46775_2.png) [@tristan-orourke](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tristan-orourke)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/unable-to-allow-deleting-when-sharing-a-folder-in-external-storage/147970/1 "2022-10-21T03:27:06Z")

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I’ve added a Local external storage folder, which is only available to the user “root”. Using this folder as “root” works perfectly well.

I want to be able to share individual folders in my external storage folder. This works fine as well - except I’m unable to give other users permission to delete. I can allow editing, creating, and resharing of files, but the checkbox to “Allow delete” is disabled.

When sharing a folder not in external storage, I can “allow deleting” for the same users, no problem.

Any idea how I can configure external storage to allow for sharing the “Allow delete” permissions? This is my first time posting here, thank you very much for any help!

Some screenshots:

 ![external storage config](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/c/4c11e3471c63d59322900b86c8ac5c9f6abfc06a.png)

 ![deleting is disabled when sharing an external folder](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/5/e5d58819af123b45e0437d7eccee6046b4e28ccc.png)

System details:  
Nextcloud version: `23.0.0`  
Operating system and version: `Linux 5.4.0-131-generic x86_64`  
Apache or nginx version: `Apache 2.4.51`  
PHP version: `8.0.14`  
Using Docker image: `nextcloud:23.0-apache`

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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/unable-to-allow-deleting-when-sharing-a-folder-in-external-storage/147970/2 "2024-12-14T11:25:13Z")

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