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michaelalandove
Helpful | Level 5
9 months ago

How to discover which files I have shared so I can unshare those I no longer want to share?

The automatic process has disabled my ability to share any files at all, apparently because some either have a virus (unlikely) or are copyrighted. I don't make a practice of this but there are two j...
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michaelalandove
Helpful | Level 5
8 months ago

Dropbox support staff and the person who initially handled my staff with help from specialized support identified the shared PDF that was somehow apparently affected with malware. It was a news story on mourning among Chicago's Palestinian community I had been sharing. In any case, I deleted it ans can share now. But one lesson is to periodically unshare accumulated shared files you no longer need to share. 

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