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ZenasZelotes
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Do Link Recipients Get Notifications When Changes to the Shared Folder are Made (or Just Me)?

When I share a folder with someone, and allow them to edit the folder, I notice that I get alerts every time that person makes changes to the shared Dropbox folder.  So if, for example, they upload n...
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    7 years ago

    To be clear because you've mentioned sharing via a link...

    Share links provide view and download access only, and do not provide edit access. People that have the link will not be notified of changes made to the file or folder.

    For a shared folder, which is what it sounds like you're using, they will receive notifications of any changes within the folder. You have no control over that. Each user can determine if they want to receive such notifications.