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Ibert's avatar
Ibert
Explorer | Level 3
3 months ago

Disable sharing links with people outside of the team

Adding a feature that prevents the recipient of a shared link to share it with other people to the rest of the team.

3 Replies

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 months ago

    Hi Ibert! Hope you’re doing well and thanks for your suggestion. 

    I’d like to clarify a few points here, so that we can log your idea properly. 

    Since you mention shared folders in the title, but shared links later on in your post, could you please let me know for which one of the two you’d like the additional security?

    On a similar note, would you like the recipient to not be able to share the content with the rest of the team members or with external users, outside of the team, like you mention in the title?

    Give me a nudge, once you have more details.

  • Ibert's avatar
    Ibert
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 months ago

    Hi @ Nancy!

    Thank you for your comments and clarification. Please find below my responses.

    1. It would be better if you can add or enhance more the security for both shared folders and links.
    2. My only concern is not to be "re-share" the provided links to external users.

     

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 months ago

    Hey Ibert, thanks for the reply!

    If you're an admin of a Dropbox team, you should be able to manage external sharing from your admin console and basically disable sharing links externally.

    You can see more info and instructions here.

    I hope this helps, but if I misunderstood your request, please get back to me with clarifications or specifics of your idea and how you'd like it to work.

    Thanks!

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