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CYWG
Explorer | Level 4
5 months ago

Forcing a shared link to download no longer works; the recipient has to access Dropbox now.

In the past, once I created a folder & uploaded pictures to DropBox, I would click the 'copy link' button. I would then open my email client, start a new email & paste the DropBox link in the mess...
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Roga41's avatar
Roga41
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5 months ago

Hi CYWG, 

You can use Dropbox Transfer to send files you don’t need to collaborate on.  When you send a transfer, the recipient receives a shareable link that they can click to download the files. The recipient doesn’t need a Dropbox account to access or download a transfer.  To know more about Dropbox Transfer, you can use these links for your reference :

What Is Dropbox Transfer? : https://help.dropbox.com/share/dropbox-transfer

How To Create and Send Dropbox Transfer :  https://help.dropbox.com/share/create-dropbox-transfer

 

Thank you. 

 

 

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DP_107e28e
New member | Level 2
4 hours ago

This is misleading, Dropbox Transfer link still tries to get them to sign in first, and has in SMALL text "or continue to download only", which most recipients will not see. The amount of clients that get stuck in this process essentially means I can't use Dropbox to share files, so eventually I have no choice but to change to another service.

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