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Adarsh Anand
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3 years ago
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How to remove the share from a Share file?

Hello, I recently shared an audio file with someone through Dropbox. I deleted the share since it was no longer the correct information. I was wondering if they will still retain a copy of the file o...
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    Megan
    3 years ago

    Hi Adarsh Anand, essentially if they decided to download the contents of the link, before it was disabled, then they should have the copy.

     

    If, however they didn't, then they would no longer have access to the shared link, in order to download the file. 

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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi Adarsh Anand, essentially if they decided to download the contents of the link, before it was disabled, then they should have the copy.

 

If, however they didn't, then they would no longer have access to the shared link, in order to download the file. 

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Adarsh Anand
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3 years ago
Thank you. That is what I wanted to figure out.

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