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d9824
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Copy link button creates an edit link on a view file

I made a folder that has a view link. When clicking the copy link button, it enables an edit link which I do not want, I want it strictly view only. Is there a way to change this default action? How ...
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Hannah
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
3 years ago

Hey d9824, thanks for joining our Community.

 

Are you clicking on the "copy link" option on our website or through the Dropbox folder on your computer?

 

If you do it from the website, are you seeing the same behavior?

 

Keep me posted.

  • MMG-Pam's avatar
    MMG-Pam
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    I too am experiencing this issue. We have 150 people that access our DropBox Resources folder. I CAN NOT send out editing links that allow someone to just arbitrarily start rearranging or deleting and adding stuff to our Resources. I need to know with confidence that I am sending View Only links. I used to get an option to toggle what permissions I wanted to send. Suddenly there NO VIEW LINKS created on my folders. I have to go in and reissue permissions on all my resources and their subfolders. I have to generate view links and even then, when I attempt to copy the view link -- it says it allows editing which I cannot do. Can this please be fixed? This is a catastrophic breach for us.

    • jstdbx's avatar
      jstdbx
      Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
      3 years ago

      hi MMG-Pam and d9824 you can manage your default sharing settings by going to https://www.dropbox.com/account/sharing on Dropbox.com in your web browser. There you can make your default access for link sharing "view" instead of "edit." 

      • MMG-Pam's avatar
        MMG-Pam
        New member | Level 2
        3 years ago

        You are my hero! Thanks bunches. That is a HUGE relief.

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