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AshleyL
New member | Level 2
5 years ago
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Visibility of other users you share with

Hi   If i share a folder with multiple people, do people see who else i have shared it with? If so, how do i avoid that?   Thanks
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    5 years ago

    If its a shared folder (i.e. one that they have read/write access to) then yes, they can see everybody else in that share. There is no way around that I'm afraid. 

     

    If its a read only shared link then no, that information isnt stored as you dont need an account to view it

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Peter R.42
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

Ah, got it.  I tried inviting them as a member but it wouldn't go through.

 

So if they use the link, is there any way for me to see that they are in fact accessing the folder?

 

Thanks

Walter's avatar
Walter
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2 years ago

Hey @Peter R.42 - when you say it wouldn't go through, could you elaborate a tad? Are you getting any particular error for example?

 

As for your additional query, note that this is possible for files through the viewer info feature. For folders, you might want to take a look at the Send and Track feature instead. 

  • Peter R.42's avatar
    Peter R.42
    Helpful | Level 7
    2 years ago

    To be honest, I don't recall exactly what went wrong - I remember putting in an email address but the page didn't show me a button to press to send,  Probably just me being lame!  But since there was a "copy link" button, I just used that instead without realizing the difference.  And since in fact I don't want different users to be able to see who else is in the data room, it's actually better for me to use the link method.

     

    One question though about links - if someone I send a link to passes that link on to someone else, can they access the folders too?  Is there a way to make the link user-specific?

     

    Finally, I see there's a way to check who is or has been viewing files from a link, but I'm on a free plan and it doesn't seem available for that.

     

    Thanks

     

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      2 years ago

      Hi @Peter R.42, anyone with the link can access the folder. It isn't possible to restrict a link to a specific user, aside from sharing the file directly to their Dropbox account. 

      • Peter R.42's avatar
        Peter R.42
        Helpful | Level 7
        2 years ago

        So is there a good way to use regular Dropbox (even with a paid plan) for a data room for a business transaction?  Or do I need to sign up for your DocSend VDR plan?

         

        Does your VDR address these issues:

        1. I don't want each party considering the transaction to see the names of the others

        2. I want to keep track of who is accessing the VDR and delete their access if I need to.

         

        In regular DropBox, is there a way perhaps to keep multiple folders in sync with each other (so each has the full set of files) and then share each folder with a specific party?

         

        Thanks

         

         

         

        Thanks

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