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Kbelle
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Manage external participants access and links

Hello!  I could really use better ability to view and manage external access to files and folders.     Today it took hours to go through and verify that an external participant did not have acces...
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Jay
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4 years ago
Hi Kbelle, thanks for posting today!

This feature to create an external sharing report already available to team admins of Dropbox Business teams on the Advanced or Enterprise plans.

You can also create an activity log in the admin console to view general activity.

If you need any further assistance, please let me know!
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JimEdzzz
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Hi - this sharing report seems to be limited to Team members only (looking at the link posted). I am a Dropbox for Business Standard user - is there no way for me to get a report of which files/folders a particular external email has access to?

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    Nancy
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    4 years ago

    Hi JimEdzzz, I hope you’re doing well. 

     

    At the moment, it’s only possible to view external sharing and create a report of all team files, folders, and links shared externally if you’re on a Business Advanced/Enterprise team I’m afraid.

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