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1593531
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

How can I see if someone has viewed a shared file

How can I see if someone has viewed the files that I put in dropbox? If there is no other way than to purchase an upgraded plan then dropbox sucks. Why would anyone use dropbox, if you can't tell is ...
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1593531
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
The traffic and insights feature is no longer available as of October 2021. This feature was only available to customers on Dropbox Professional, Business Advanced, and Enterprise plans.

The viewing feature is not available on the family plan which I have.
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Megan
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4 years ago

Hey 1593531, unfortunately there's no other workaround, other than what was mentioned. 

 

However, I am going to keep this discussion open, and if anyone else has any other ideas, or know any third-party app that can achieve what you mentioned, they're more than welcome to share. 

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