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JW19
Explorer | Level 3
8 months ago

Recipient of shared link is being requested to log into Dropbox account

Hi I am trying to share a DropBox link to a folder containing photos, from my MAC (using Monterey OS). I am using the Browser version of DropBox. No matter what I try to do the email recipient of t...
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gem40
New member | Level 2

I've had a Basic account with dropbox for probably 15 years. While in the past I could send a link to friends giving them a chance to download that item my friends are now ask to login or identify themselves. That is a problem now for a few of my friends who don't have a dropbox or Google or Apple account. Is there a way around it so everyone has access to items of mine if they get the link from me?

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Hannah
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7 months ago

Hey gem40, thanks for reaching out to us.

 

Is it possible that you're sending your friends "can edit" links instead of "view only" ones?

 

A link with edit permissions, would require someone to login to access and edit the file.

 

Can you try these steps to create your link and let me know if it helps?

 

Cheers!

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