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Susan P.1
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11 years ago
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How to share a Dropbox File or Folder with a Short URL

I would like to make some files stored in my Dropbox, downloadable from a web page. For this reason, I would like to be able to create Short URL's for each file. I have read the following tutorial bu...
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    Ed
    11 years ago

    Hi Susan

    What you could do is hit 'share' on your desired folder/files and then copy the long link into a URL shortener (any 3rd party shortener you currently use like http://bit.ly or http://tinyurl.com).

    Hope it helps!

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Vape L.
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

@alex r thats a good question

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