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Ronb988
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3 years ago
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Client changed Dropbox link into a shared folder

Hi, I recently shared a Dropbox link with a client. I noticed the next day the folder had become a shared folder with the client as member who can edit. I didn’t change the folder type or add the cli...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    Ronb988 wrote:
    I have clicked on the link, it opens a page which shows all my shared links, what do I click on to edit the setting ...

    The option to change the default for shared links is actually on this page. Make sure Who has access is set to Anyone with link, and is set to Can view.

     

    Also why is set to edit in the first place, I don’t want to repeat this process each time I share a link

    Dropbox changed the default for shared links from view to edit quite a while ago. Make the change above and you won't have an issue anymore.

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Ronb988
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hi, I right click on the folder in windows 10 and select copy Dropbox link, then I paste the link in a browser (signed out of Dropbox) on any link I create from windows desktop there is a blue join folder button in the link when I open it, for example here is a folder I just created and I added a notepad file inside, when you open the link you can see the join button on the windows created link but you can’t see it in the iPhone app created linked 


Link created from windows 10 Dropbox folder (join folder button shown) 
 

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Link created from the iPhone Dropbox app (no join folder button) 
 

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Jay
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3 years ago

Did you check to see if you created a shared link with edit access on the Dropbox desktop application, or on the mobile app?

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    Ronb988
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago
    Hi, how do you create a shared link with edit access

    Thanks
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      Ronb988
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago
      In my previous post I didn’t use the share drop-down menu button I used the copy Dropbox link button

      If I click on the share button I can enter email address and send to people who can edit but I didn’t use this approach, to create any links
      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        3 years ago

        It's possible that, by default, when you're creating a shared link, it creates one with edit access. Try checking the shared link on this page to see what it is set as.

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