Why can users edit my PDF files in shared links with view-only access?

[shoes70]

I have a PDF I'm trying to share out, view only, to everyone who has the link. I have it set to View only. I have the folder set to View only. But when I share the link, the full PDF edit tools are avaiable and anyone can edit (or write all over) the PDF. This seems to be a Dropbox error.

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Any ideas how to shut off edit capabilities? Needless to say, I'm testing this logged out and in an incognito browser.

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[Rich]

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@shoes70 wrote:

I have it set to View only. I have the folder set to View only. But when I share the link, the full PDF edit tools are avaiable and anyone can edit (or write all over) the PDF.

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They can't edit your original, and no one else would be able to see their edits. It just allows them to edit and save a copy to their own Dropbox account, if they wish. View-only links allow download access as well, so this is no different from someone downloading (or saving) a copy for themselves, and editing it offline.

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Needless to say, I'm testing this logged out and in an incognito browser.

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You should see that you can't save the file unless you sign in, and if you do sign in with a different account, the only option is to save a copy to your own Dropbox.