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msmasta's avatar
msmasta
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Hide folders from users who don't have permission

Is it possible to hide a folder entirely from users who don't have a permission to open the folder? At the moment, users who are not member of certain groups or are not invited to open a folder are not able to open the folder and see its contents. But there are some folders, most users (except our management) shouldn't even know about their existance so I would like to hide the folders in the directory view.

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  • Sanchez's avatar
    Sanchez
    7 years ago
    Hey agin, msmasta, and thanks for getting back to me. 

    Unfortunately, hiding folders in our new team space structure is not an option. All folders that are in this space will be visible (not necessarily accessible) to all team members. Currently, if you want to share out a folder, and keep it away from some users’ eyes, you can put the folder into your team member folder (the purple one), and share it from there. This would give users you share it with access to this folder only, and they would not see anything else in your member folder, as it is private. 
     
    Have a look at this article discussing this new team space and member folders here. 

    Cheers
  • dzynrgrl's avatar
    dzynrgrl
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    I would like to see this functionality for my company as well. We use drop box with a number of outside vendors and although they don't have access to some of the team folders, the name of the folder can reveal things about our business that we don't want everyone to see. 

  • Sanchez's avatar
    Sanchez
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    7 years ago
    Hey msmasta, 

    The short answer is hmm… :thinking:, and I want to see if maybe there’s a way that we can do something similar for you. Can you tell me what kind of Dropbox subscription you’re on, and when it was purchased/created? 

    Thanks in advance!
    • msmasta's avatar
      msmasta
      Helpful | Level 6
      7 years ago

      Hi,

       

      thanks four your response. I use Dropbox Business Advanced (trial version) since 14/3/18.

      • Sanchez's avatar
        Sanchez
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        7 years ago
        Hey agin, msmasta, and thanks for getting back to me. 

        Unfortunately, hiding folders in our new team space structure is not an option. All folders that are in this space will be visible (not necessarily accessible) to all team members. Currently, if you want to share out a folder, and keep it away from some users’ eyes, you can put the folder into your team member folder (the purple one), and share it from there. This would give users you share it with access to this folder only, and they would not see anything else in your member folder, as it is private. 
         
        Have a look at this article discussing this new team space and member folders here. 

        Cheers

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