If you are preparing to leave Tufts (graduation, new job, etc.), one thing to consider is what will happen to your Box content. Content from former users is regularly cleaned up. Before you go, you should transfer content to other Tufts users or to your own personal storage as needed.

Cleaning Up Your File List

1. Log in to your Tufts Box account at tufts.box.com.

2. Go through your files and folders and carefully delete anything you don't need. Only delete items that belong to you. Do not delete files or folders that are owned by other people.

Transferring Ownership of Content

If you own important content in Box that other people will need access to after you leave Tufts, you can transfer ownership to one of your collaborators. This must be done on the original folder they were invited to collaborate on. It cannot be done on a subfolder that is inheriting rights from a parent folder.

Saving Your Personal Files and Folders

1. Navigate to your All Files list.

2. Click on the New button.

3. Select Folder.

4. Name your folder Tufts Box Content.

5. Invite Additional People - Enter the email associated with your non-Tufts Box account.

6. Permission - Select Co-owner.

7. Click Create.

8. Move all of your existing folders and files into the Tufts Box Content folder. Be careful to only move items that belong to you. Do not move items that belong to other people and be careful about files with sensitive information!

9. Log in to your non-Tufts Box account.

10. Copy or move each folder or file from the Tufts Box Content folder to another location in your non-Tufts Box Account. You can do this by selecting all of the files or folders at once by clicking on the first item, holding down the shift key, and clicking on the last item.

11. Click the Move or Copy button.

12. In the window that opens, select a new destination (for example, All Files).

13. Click Copy (or Move).