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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Fairsarae
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

view only link for everyone says Join Folder, Copy to Dropbox, Download. I DON'T want Join Folder.

I create printables I share on Etsy, and because the files are so large, I send a dropbox folder link. It USED to be that the page the link went to would have the choices at top Copy to Dropbox and D...
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  • JasonSilverDBX's avatar
    JasonSilverDBX
    10 months ago
    🗯 Important Update: Removal of the Join Folder Option from View-Only Shared Folder Links 🗯
     
    We introduced the capability to join a folder directly from a view-only link to make collaboration even easier.  While well meaning, we don’t always get it right.  We've heard your concerns, and after careful consideration, we've decided to remove this feature.  This change will be implemented within the next couple of days by mid March.
     
    Going forward, recipients visiting a view-only folder link will no longer see the option to Join Folder. No action or setting modification is required on your part. This change affects both new and existing view-only folder links.
     
    Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we encourage you to share any further thoughts or questions you might have.
JasonSilverDBX's avatar
JasonSilverDBX
Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
10 months ago
🗯 Important Update: Removal of the Join Folder Option from View-Only Shared Folder Links 🗯
 
We introduced the capability to join a folder directly from a view-only link to make collaboration even easier.  While well meaning, we don’t always get it right.  We've heard your concerns, and after careful consideration, we've decided to remove this feature.  This change will be implemented within the next couple of days by mid March.
 
Going forward, recipients visiting a view-only folder link will no longer see the option to Join Folder. No action or setting modification is required on your part. This change affects both new and existing view-only folder links.
 
Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we encourage you to share any further thoughts or questions you might have.
  • GilesR32's avatar
    GilesR32
    Helpful | Level 5
    10 months ago

    Hi Jason,

     

    Thanks for letting us all know; this is great news! I appreciate you and the team willing to listen to customer feedback! 👍🏽

    • JasonSilverDBX's avatar
      JasonSilverDBX
      Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
      10 months ago

      Absolutely GilesR32!  We employ a variety of methods to determine what is and isn't working for our users.  These forums are a valuable source of direct and deep feedback on how you all are using Dropbox and absolutely impacts our product decisions.  Please continue to stay engaged!

      • Mark's avatar
        Mark
        Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
        10 months ago

        This is AMAZING news JasonSilverDBX, thank you!! 

         

        Lets hope that it continues so that you guys do listen and learn from things! 🙂

  • janice259's avatar
    janice259
    Helpful | Level 6
    10 months ago

    Thank you for listening to our concerns!

  • kengw002's avatar
    kengw002
    Explorer | Level 4
    10 months ago

    awesome to hear, this has been very annoying I have heaps of folders shared with random people asking to join my folders all the time. thanks for removing it soon, this will be great!

  • jeremyspann's avatar
    jeremyspann
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 months ago

    Hi Jason, do you have an update on when this feature will be removed? I am still constantly getting requests to join folders that I only want as view only. Thank you.

    • JasonSilverDBX's avatar
      JasonSilverDBX
      Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
      9 months ago

      jeremyspann the Join Folder option from View Folder Links was removed back on March 11th.  Apologies for my lateness in updating this forum.  Amending my earlier posts to reflect this update.  If you are still getting join requests, is it possible you're sharing an Edit Link?  That should be the only way now that you would be receiving such requests by sharing a link.

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