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'Save to My Dropbox' option on shared link is gone
A day ago I realized that Dropbox removed in my opinion the best feature.
When sharing a folder with someone, you would have the option to make a shared folder, or to send them a copy.
The perso...
I tried to upload a screen recording but it doesn’t appear I have permissions to upload videos.
yidanz
Dropbox Engineer
Dropbox EngineerHello thorgi, what you are seeing is likely the new folder link sharing experience that was rolled out last month. For more information on the change, see this post https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Latest-news/Updates-Coming-to-the-Folder-Link-Sharing-Experience/td-p/705156
There is a known gap that the iOS app does not yet support “Join Folder”. This is something our team is actively looking into and hope to release in the coming months. We will follow-up on this thread when it is released. In the meantime, if you wish to join the folder as a view-only member, or to save a copy, please use web for now.
Happy to answer any follow-up question you may have, and thanks in advance for your understanding as we work to bring this to the iOS app.
Hi yidanz,
Gotcha, that explains the sudden disappearance of the button/feature.
Will this new sharing experience still have the save a copy option or is that feature permanently gone for good and we'll only be able to join the folder once fully rolled out? If the latter, what happens if you join a folder and the folder owner removes it from their end?
- yidanz
The save a copy option is currently available on web. This is something we will look to explore on mobile (both iOS and Android), although we don't have a timeline for it just yet.
For this new folder link share experience, if the folder owner were to remove it on their end, any receiver that has joined the folder before the deletion happens will still have access to the content.
