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novalin
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4 years ago
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Sharing a file with people without Dropbox accounts

I have a PDF I want to share with people so they can download it, but I don't want them to have to create a Dropbox account (or sign in) to download it.   Is there a way to do this with Dropbox? ...
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    Megan
    4 years ago

    Hey novalin, thanks for sending me the steps. 

     

    It sounds as if you've shared the file directly, instead of using a shared link. Can you try following these steps and share the link to them via an email or any other means? 

     

    They should be able to view the link without a Dropbox account too. 

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Megan
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4 years ago

Hi novalin, I hope you're doing well!

 

You can achieve that by creating a shared link of the PDF you want to send to them. They won't need a Dropbox account to view, and download the content. 

 

If you have any other questions, let me know. 

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novalin
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4 years ago

I also don't see the dropdown in step 3 from your help article. Does it have to be changed from View to Edit for this to work? I'd think View access would allow someone to download, just not edit the file in Drop Box, so I'd think that would work...

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