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oweijf
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7 years ago
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Is it possible to rename a link to a file?

Is it possible to get a link/url to a file that contains the files ID-number instead of the name of the file? The reasons is that I dont want the link to break if I change the file name? (This does...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    7 years ago

    Hey there oweijf - how are you today?

    Shared links will not break when you rename a file now.  They will only break if the file has been deleted from its Dropbox folder in which case, you'd be able to verify it (and restore it if needed) through your deleted files page.

    Let me know if you need anything esle!

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oweijf
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

I was thinking insecure to share a link not requiering login/password, but that is maybe a very edge case that someone would guess the specific generated link :)

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    Walter
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    7 years ago

    As you know you could set a password and/or an expiry date as well on shared links (assuming you're on the Professional plan or one of our Business ones) - even though I don't know if this would work that well as you mentioned that you wanted to have those links public. 

    In any case, please let me know if there's anything else you'd like to ask oweijf; I'll be more than happy to help!

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