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Michelle Barry
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8 months ago

How can I hide members' email addresses from other members using the shared folder?

Hi it has been brought to my attention that when I share a file with a member staff they can click on all members before clicking into the file and they can view everyone's email addresses. I have ne...
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Michelle Barry
Explorer | Level 3
8 months ago

I found on google by clicking on settings, folder settings and turning off viewer information this would work ? is that not the case?

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Rich
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8 months ago
Michelle Barry wrote:

I found on google by clicking on settings, folder settings and turning off viewer information this would work ? is that not the case?

That's a different feature. It refers to being able to see who's actively viewing files in the folder. Even if you turn that off, any member of the shared folder will still be able to see all the other members of the folder, including their email address. There's no way to prevent that.

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