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Deskboxuser
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3 years ago

Hide Who Can View a Folder / File

I am attempting to share a folder with a number of external parties and do not want each organization to know that the others have access to the same information.   For example, if user A, B and ...
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Rich
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3 years ago
Deskboxuser wrote:

I am attempting to share a folder with a number of external parties and do not want each organization to know that the others have access to the same information.

Any member of a shared folder can see the other members. There's no option to disable that as shared folders are meant for collaboration. If you need to hide who has access to a shared folder, you'll need to invite each person to a separate folder where only they have access.

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