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rebeccal01
New member | Level 2
9 months ago

Ability to password-protect folders within Dropbox

Now that Vault is being discontinued, I think it would be useful to have the ability to password-protect folders within Dropbox itself.  I know you can password-protect folders when sharing them, bu...
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rebeccal01
New member | Level 2
9 months ago

Thanks. I have Dropbox Plus. And it isn't possible to password-protect a folder. Would love it if it was available for all plans. It is a simple security measure which can be really useful. Especially with GDPR and the need to protect information as much as possible!

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