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kchris
New member | Level 1
3 months ago

Give us the ability to hide the names/emails of members in shared folders.

The hide feature for viewer visibility is strictly for link sharing. Turning off this feature still enables all members inside the folder to view each others emails and names. This is a problem for y...
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Rich
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3 months ago
kchris wrote:

I pray I am just so misinformed and that there is some feature or setting hiding somewhere to help with this.

You're not missing anything. Shared folders are intended for collaboration, so members can see all other members. This is the intent.

I'd suggest searching the Ideas section to see if anyone has started a new idea for this feature, and if not, post your own idea. Just be sure to do the search first. It doesn't help, at all, to have multiple posts for the same idea. You want to vote on an existing one if it exists so it gets some traction.

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    kchris
    New member | Level 1
    3 months ago

    Thank you Rich. Appreciate the advice.

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