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Viewing who has downloaded or viewed a file/folder?
I'm using the basic Dropbox plan (free). I copy and paste the link for my clients to access and download the folder of the images i've taken. Is there a way i can see if they have viewed or downloaded them? I don't always hear back from them in a timely fashion and need to make room for new projects. I did a search here…
Shared folder's owner is an unknown person that now owns my shared folder.
I have a folder that i *know* i created as it is my company name, but someone else appears to own it. I emailed the account that is listed and got a "mailbox full" from their email server. They seem to have backed up 4.5 GB to this folder... i can't get rid of it. What's going on? How can they own my folder? They have no…
I'm getting an error when clicking on the "Add to Dropbox" button for shared files.
I am receiving emails with files shared with me from a client. However every time I click on the button in the email "Add to Dropbox" I receive this error and I am unable to access the files.
Page is blank when opening links to some of my folders
I have seven folders in Dropbox with multiple files in each. I have shared links for viewing on each of the top level folders. Over the last 24 hours, the links to five folders no longer work in that they open in a browser window but the page remains white and no files appear. Two of the seven folders are unaffected. All…
Message everyone with access to shared folder with one click.
I am a Dropbox Business user with a company of ONE. I work freelance with a boat load of other people who are also freelance. I am a part of several projects a year and need to share folders with a new group of 30-100 people every few weeks - all of which are outside my organization since, as I mentioned, we're all…
Unable to upload into shared folder even though plenty of space
I went on a horse trek and the organser sent me a link to a shared dropbox with a folder assigned to each of the 9 trekkers to upload images. I can enter this dropbox and view and download other people's images. However, I can't upload mine. I have tried: - dragging and dropping image from my personal PC general folder -…
I have edit permissions on some folders but I'm getting an error editing or renaming files
I have a set of folders which were shared with me. The owner gave me edit permissions, and tried to give me all possible permissions - but I cannot edit or rename or change any of the files. From the Dropbox web interface, asking permissions, it shows two things - 1) You don't have permission to manage the membership of…
How can I limit a shared link so the receiver can only download the file and not share it?
When I upload a file, it creates a sharable link. When I send that link to someone, how do I limit them to 'download only' and not be able to share the file with others or edit it? Garry
Share HTML File With Link That Will be Viewed as a Webpage
How do I create a link to an HTML file in my Dropbox account that, when viewed by a non-Dropbox user, will be rendered as a webpage and not as raw HTML? Thanks.
My public links have been banned - what does that mean?
Hi, My account says I have created too much excessive traffic. My public links were suspended and when I clicked on the link to unsuspend, it says I have been banned???!!!! I don't even know what any of that means!! I'm just trying to share my wedding pictures that my photographer sent to me. I have no idea how to use…
All of the sudden I can't attach files from Dropbox in emails
For some reason, I can no longer attach files from my Dropbox folders. When I go to attach a file and click on Dropbox it now only brings up recent history. It has always pulled up my entire folder system but now I can't see them. I use a Macbook Pro and this is the case with both Mac Mail and also Outlook. The Dropbox…
Can I allow other folder members to share the folder with different people?
Is it possible to give people you have shared a folder with permission share that folder with others? I am working with three organizations and would like to have a person at each organization be able to share the content of their folder set.
My shared file no longer opens; I keep getting an error that it doesn't work.
Attempting to open a file sent to me by the company ¨Happy viking¨ of my English text book and it worked up until today where i attempted to open it and it did not open, stating there has been an error and there is a photo of some dog and a bowl. not sure what to do, have contacted the site i bought it from but they…
How can I embed an image itself into a forum and not the link?
If I use the change url to the raw=1 on my image it still only creates a link on a forum post. how do we make it show as an image right in the post instead of a link?
Dropbox link cannot appear when right-clicking to share it on Windows
In my Windows File Explorer, when I right-click on a file, the Dropbox link does not appear for sharing. In the past, this laptop could be shared by right-clicking. And currently my other computers can be shared by right-clicking.
"Can't share file" error is not allowing me to share my files
Recently I stopped being able to join shared folders and when I share my folder I got this error: "Can't share file. We’ve suspended your sharing activity because of a violation of Dropbox’s Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy, and Terms of Service or Services Agreement.". I've been using this Dropbox account for…
How to move multiple files at once to a shared folder?
I want to share a bunch of photos with family. I created a shared folder and sent them the link to view. I can select multiple photos and videos at once... but I can't figure out how to move them all into the shared folder at the same time. Am I missing something? Am I really supposed to click photos one by one to move…
Leaving a shared folder
I'm trying to remove my personal dropbox account from a shared work folder. When I follow the steps below, it deletes the folder for all users. (I double checked using my work dropbox). We are not a team. How can I exit from this shared folder? I am not the owner. How to temporarily leave a folder * Log in to dropbox.com.…
Is it possible for me to change settings to get raw=1 as default link?
When I make a link to Dropbox content I got dl=0 as default. Is it possible for me to change settings to get raw=1 as default link?
Hide visibility of other users when sharing.
I recently shared a folder via CopyLink with several people. I insert the link into the body of an email and send to multiple recipients. One has let me know that they can see who else is accessing it. In this context this ins not a good thing. It's really unprofessional because the folder contains material for actors…
"Couldn't share folder" error when trying to share a folder with some users
I created a shared folder and I was able to add 30+ members but then when I try to add certain users I get an error message saying “couldn’t share folder”. I sent an edit access link to the same user and it still asks them to request permission. When I try to accept the request I get the same error message.
I sent a password protected link to view files to a colleague & got a verify identity message.
I sent a password protected link to a colleague for her to review the files in that folder. When she clicked the link, she got a message that dropbox needs to confirm her identity. I have pasted the snip she sent me below. Is this legit multi-factor authentication thing or some phishing stuff? If it is legit, does she put…
Why can't we shorten shared link URLs on Dropbox?
The email in question... I'm sending a link to a client and the link is longer than the email itself. It looks so unprofessional to the extent that it looks like spam. Yes I could hide the link in html but some clients like to copy and paste the link directly from the email, for example when needing to pass on the link…
iCloud & Dropbox backup and will they result in duplicated copies?
I have two iOS devices and have enabled iCloud, which results in both devices having the same photo album. If I have photo backup enabled on both devices, will the same photos be backed up twice in Dropbox, resulting in two copies?
I can't share files or folders because of "A violation of Dropbox’s Terms of Service" message
Hello, I've been having trouble sharing a file or folder for days I always get the message: Can’t share file We’ve suspended your sharing activity because of a violation of Dropbox’s Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy, and Terms of Service or Services Agreement. Before I had never seen any email or notice about…
Sharing was suspended due to a violation of Dropbox's Terms of Service
Hello, I've been having trouble sharing a file or folder: Can’t share file or folder. We’ve suspended your sharing activity because of a violation of Dropbox’s Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy, and Terms of Service or Services Agreement. I was in holiday this last 6weeks, didn’t done almost anything with my…
Shared link from client "temporarily disabled".
This has happened to me twice now! I'm a video editor and a client has shared 300GB or so of footage with me via their Dropbox, in 3 folders of 100GB or so. I copy over the first folder to my Dropbox. I then try to open the second link and it tells me: "Link temporarily disabled This can happen when the link has been…
How can I upload a video from my Mac computer to Dropbox and share it?
I have 1G video on my photos app on my iMac. Running Sonoma 14.6.1 How can I upload the video to dropbox and then share it.
Sharing best practices for tracking shared folders.
Hello team: I am uploading some training materials to my account. Several FOLDERS with several VIDEOS in each. Ideally, i could do the following: 1 - disable downloads 2 - share link to staff with out dropbox account 3 - track clicks and such 4 - have links expire at certain date. It seems that not all of these are…
Is there any way to display the links as images, where they're not jumpy on OBS?
Hi everyone, Hope this is the right board for this question. I have a streaming weather channel, and have 25 maps that are delivered through dropbox. When I try to display them and refresh, they are jumpy and glitchy on obs. Is there any way to display the links as images where they won't do this? Thanks

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