You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

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Seanhitz
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2 years ago

Trying to create a secure data room with professional account

Hi there,    I've just signed up to the professional account. I've created a folder with files in it. I've changed permissions on all elements of the folder/files so that people cannot share (if ...
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Seanhitz
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I think I must have set up a shared folder (it's a bit confusing when you're new to Dropbox) when actually I just want to share a link to a folder. 

 

Do I need to start again with the folder/files, then just share the links via email in order to get the restrictions I need?

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Jay
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2 years ago

You can just unshare the folder and any files for now. If you also created the shared links, then those should still be active afterwards.

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