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Vivier P.'s avatar
Vivier P.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Can I replace a file but keep the same link? The link has already been shared with clients but I need to replace the version of the file.

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    Richard P.
    10 years ago

    If you replace the file with one named identically and in the same place, subsequent visitors will get the updated version.

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Rich
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9 years ago

Is this still working that way? Now doesn't work. Each time you replace the file the former link isn't longer available.

Someone else reported this earlier but I'm unable to reproduce it. I had a file with an existing link. I made a change to that file overwriting the existing one. The link remained active.

If that's not what you're seeing then you should open a ticket with Support so they can look into it.

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