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Crackers
New member | Level 2
15 days ago

Dropbox shared links not opening for friends who don't have Dropbox

  Here is a message from a test of a dropbox link sent to a friend,    I am hearing from many friends (email link to video) that they are confused by all the messages, place download Dropbox, or th...
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Jay
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14 days ago

Hi Crackers , thanks for messaging the Community.

 

If you're looking for a method for users to click a link to immediately preview a file, then you can follow these steps.

 

In short, change the dl=0 to raw=1 in your shared link URL, and it should preview on their devices.

 

If you need any further assistance, please let me know!

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