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sjrd1991's avatar
sjrd1991
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Monitoring file download by team members

Hi,

Is there a way that I can see when and how frequently my team members have downloaded specific files from shared folders?

I am planning to share valuable information with my team and I don't want them to download these onto their own computer.

 

thank you.

 

  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
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    Hi there, sjrd1991
     
    If you’ve got a Business subscription and you’re a team admin, you can find more info about all sharing-related actions, including sending a link to a file or joining a folder, or sharing a file or folder owned by a team member through your activity logIf you’re an admin or a user management admin, you also can track how data is shared inside and outside your company.
     
    I also wanted to mention that if you’d like to disable downloads for shared content, you can do so if you send users a shared link to the folder/file, instead. However, users won’t be able to edit the contents of the folder/file, but only be able to view it. 
     
    I hope this helped to some extent. :slight_smile:
    • sjrd1991's avatar
      sjrd1991
      Explorer | Level 3

      Hi,

       

      I know where to find the information you are telling me but this is not really answering my question. I only would like to know if I can see which team member has downloaded specific files and when this has taken place.

      Is this possible?

       

      Kind regards,

      Sjoerd

      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
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        In this case, all you need to do is go to your Activity tab from within your Admin Console and apply the filters you'd like to narrow your search to be so specific. I was just able to do this for specific members on my team by applying the "Downloaded files" filter (you can also determine a date range for more accurate results) - this is how it looks like (I used a file's extension for my search : .png files in this example): 

        I hope this helps to some extent Sjoerd - please let us know if you have any more questions!

        In the meantime, have a wonderful new Year sjrd1991!