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Renaming Folders - Does this break the link in the content that's in the folder?
We have a ton of shared folders on the main frame of our team dropbox - We also have a lot of PDFS stored in said folders that have been shared.
If we change the names of the shared folders - will this break the links and WIll this change the names for everyone on the team?
9 Replies
- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Jay -
Sometimes we share files directly and sometimes we share folders.
Anything we share lives in a client folder that is created in our team dropbox.
If we wanted to reorganize our team dropbox client folders (say renaming them all, or sorting them differently) would we need to first unshare everything and re-organize and then reshare it all? Would we need our team admin to do that?
If we did that ^ would that break the links that our clients have in the folders even though it's those subfolders or subfiles that are shared?
- Jay
Got it. These are shared links to folders, that have lots of files and subfolders in them.
The clients are able to download assets from there without having a Dropbox account.
If we change the names of the parent folders of the folders that we've shared through link sharing (by unsharing the parent folder, renaming the parent folder, and resharing with our team) ... will the shared links to the folders that live within the parent folder break?
-Ariel
- Jay
Got it!
Yes that definitely helps.
I changed the name of one folder and "reshared" it. Will that update the name for the folks who have been shared on it.
- Jay
Hi jay,
I had a quick question regarding this issue – the dropbox promoted policy on your help docs etc states that anyone can change the name of a shared folder without affecting anyone else's version of that folder.
But this hasn't been my experience... as the folder owner, whenever I have changed the name of the folder, the other people that I share that folder with have to download the entirety of the contents again. This is a little aggravating because the size of the folder is much larger than any personal HD, which causes dropbox to then tell the computer that there is no space left. We all use selective sync, but this protective feature seems to be overridden when changing the top-level folder name.
Any clarification would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)
Whenever you change the name of a shared folder, all contributors should see the new name. However, the link might break. I'd advise sharing the new link, just ot be sure.
