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Is there a way to disable downloads on ALL my files and make it the default?
It would be rare or never that I want to let someone download a file I send a link to. Is there a way to disable downloads as the default? (yes, I have a "professional" account)
JasonSilverDBX
Dropbox Product Manager
Dropbox Product ManagerHi KrisHughes,
Thank you for sharing your feedback here. I am a Product Manager for Sharing here at Dropbox and speaking personally, I think this is a reasonable expectation for our product. We do offer the ability in account settings to set your sharing defaults for audience and view vs edit permission, but we do not currently offer the ability to set the download setting by default. That last part is what you're asking for and goes a step beyond setting the default to View.
I'm going to take this feedback to our teams. I can't promise the results, but I do think this is a great callout that we'll look into. Thank you!
Thank you. I'm new to the new plan that allows control over this, but it seems to involve so many clicks to get it done every time I share, a real time waster. Ideally, a dialogue box should open when I right click "copy dropbox link" in Windows File Explorer, but the ability to set a default would be almost as good.
- Mark
Super User II
KrisHughes wrote:
Thank you. I'm new to the new plan that allows control over this, but it seems to involve so many clicks to get it done every time I share, a real time waster. Ideally, a dialogue box should open when I right click "copy dropbox link" in Windows File Explorer, but the ability to set a default would be almost as good.
The whole Dropbox sharing model is confusing and poorly designed KrisHughes 😞
Trying to delete links of previously created files is painful as is the confusion between all of the different permutations on sharing (folder/file/read only/edit etc.).
It definitely needs some more intuitive menus and simpler processes.
- JasonSilverDBX
Mark we're working on this!
JasonSilverDBX Have any of the above mentioned features been added since? I’m particularly interested in disabling downloads for ALL files by default.
