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Forum Discussion
Sharing a folder and giving someone editing access
I want to share a folder that contains photos and I'd like the person I'm sending it to to have editing access so they can save to their own personal folder and be able to edit, crop or send the phot...
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
luriet wrote:
I want to share a folder that contains photos and I'd like the person I'm sending it to to have editing access... If they make changes to any of the photos, are the changes only in their personal folder on their PC, or do their edits also appear in my folder ...
If you invite someone to a shared folder with edit access, any changes they make within the folder will apply to all members of the folder, including you. If you don't want them to make changes to your original files, send them a view-only shared link and they can simply download the files and edit them as needed on their own device or in their own Dropbox account without affecting your originals.
Thank you very much for your response. When reading the Dropbox explanation for view only, it sounded like they could download, but not edit anything. I interpreted that to mean they couldn't edit at all, even when saved to their pc. I would like them to be able to edit, but not if that meant it would also change things in my folder. The person I shared with does not have a Dropbox account.
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi luriet, you can share a view-only shared folder to the user, and the files will download to their machine (if installed), and they won't be able to edit files. They'll have to copy them to another folder on their machine to make any changes to them.
Bear in mind, however, that if they don't have a Dropbox account, they'll need to create one, and then add the shared folder. The folder itself cannot be larger than their quota either, (which is 2 GB on a Basic plan), as it won't allow it to be added.
The best option would be to follow the advice from Rich to create a shared link to a folder, which can be accessed by anyone, even those users without an account.
