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How to prevent users from downloading my Excel sheet?
I would like to share a form, an Excel Sheet, with other users. But due to simple security topics an to safe "my work" (data and calculations) from black-copy I don´t want them to doanload it on their workspace, but to use it directly within dropbox for PC. So other users should be allowed to "write", but not to doaonload - Any Idea, if this is possible an how I can manage this in dropbox?
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- Rich
Super User II
So other users should be allowed to "write", but not to doaonload
That won't be possible. In order to be able to write to the file, you're talking about sharing the file with edit access (can't write to the file if you can't edit it). If you have edit access, there's nothing that will prevent them from downloading the file.
Now if you're using a view-only shared link to the file, the shared link permissions that Mark mentions can be used to prevent downloads of the file, but the person will only be able to view the file on the Dropbox website. They won't be able to write to it.
- Mark
Paid for accounts will let you do this via Shared Link Controls.
However, what I'd say is there are ALWAYS ways around it so use with caution.
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