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wa4ywm
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2 years ago

Can't seem to properly share a folder of photos

I am new to Dropbox and am having problems with folder sharing.   I have read the Dropbox help on sharing and I have looked at several questions in the forum. They all seem to say the same thing wh...
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    wa4ywm
    2 years ago

    Megan and Hannah

     

    Thank you for your direct comments and answers. I realize that I was trying to do something that cannot be done with my account - restrict access with a link.

    Thus, I am going to have my users create accounts so that I can restrict access.

    Thanks again.

     

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Megan
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Hey wa4ywm, if you're on a paid Professional, or paid plan you can choose for people not to download content, or add a password to your links as Hannah suggested.

 

If you invite a user to your shared folder directly, instead of a shared link they would need a Dropbox account, and they can either have "can edit" or "can view" permissions. 

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wa4ywm
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Megan and Hannah

 

Thank you for your direct comments and answers. I realize that I was trying to do something that cannot be done with my account - restrict access with a link.

Thus, I am going to have my users create accounts so that I can restrict access.

Thanks again.

 

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