What plan do I need to make sure my client can't download/share my shared link files?

Hi JoRo2,

Under the Professional Plan 3TB, there is a Password-protection feature and an option for you to be able to get notified if the client/recipient has already started viewing and downloading the files until it is completed. You can then change your password in that case to render the link unusable in case the recipient attempts to re-share the link.  

Another way, which is I can recommend better is to subscribe to the Business Plans ( Standard or Advanced Plan ) that allows you to invite that client temporarily or as long as you are doing business with them to your account and instead of sharing the files through links, you can just create a folder and add them to join that folder. There is a folder restriction feature that allows you to choose " Only Team Members " or "Only invited to have access to this folder" can view/download the folder. If they attempt to share the folders to other users, it will tell the recipient of the re-shared folder that they don't have access to the shared folder. 

Hope this helps. 

Thank you! You kept talking about what others can do on the sly with links, which wasn't what I was asking. Thank you for now answering. That's all I wanted to know! 

JoRo2 wrote:

I am only interested in what dropbox encourages people to do and if you can turn them off! 

Ive answered it. 

You cannot disable that option. 

The button is still visible. 

You cannot make it go away. 

lol i get that. that is not what i am asking. i am simply asking about the features on dropbox!! Can you disable download and disable sharing - i.e. not offer these features right in front of people's faces to encourage them to do so!! if so, on which plan! It's really simple question, but people are obsessed with answering outside of what dropbox can do. I am only interested in what dropbox encourages people to do and if you can turn them off! 

JoRo2 wrote:

can you also disable visible share links as well as visible download links. that was my question. 

No. The share button will still be visible, BUT, all it literally does is copy the link they've already used to the clipboard.

can you also disable visible share links as well as visible download links. that was my question. 

No.

You can disable download. But you cannot disable or limit what people do with that link. So if you sent a link to me there is nothing, at all, you could do to stop me sending it to Rich, as an example. 

JoRo2 wrote:

so you cant disable download and sharing. im not talking about the roundabout ways people can get around it, i am just talking about the facilities on dropbox, to be clear.

With a Professional, Essentials or Business plan you can set link permissions to disable the ability to download a file from a view-only shared link, but there's nothing at all that can prevent someone from giving that same link to someone else.

so you cant disable download and sharing. im not talking about the roundabout ways people can get around it, i am just talking about the facilities on dropbox, to be clear. you can't disable download and sharing. simpel as that. so download and sharing icons will always be available to anyone you share a link with? is that right?