We are aware of the issue with the badge emails resending to everyone, we apologise for the inconvenience - learn more here.

Forum Discussion

janice259's avatar
janice259
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Sharing using a Copied Link versus folder.

Our firm has Dropbox Business. I usually use "Copy Link" and then copy the link and send an email to recipients outside of our firm so that they may access and download documents. I set it so anyone ...
dropbox business
FAQ
Share
Shared Folders
Shared Links
janice259's avatar
janice259
Helpful | Level 6

Thank you Rich.

 

Another question - What is the difference in choosing "Copy Link" versus "Share"?

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
2 years ago
janice259 wrote:

Thank you Rich.

 

Another question - What is the difference in choosing "Copy Link" versus "Share"?

The Share button gets you to all of the sharing options where you can choose to create a link for viewing, editing, or sharing a folder. An edit link or sharing a folder are explicit methods of sharing (sent to a specific person or persons), where a link for viewing can just be copied and accessed by anyone with the link.

 

Copy Link is just a shortcut for creating a link quickly, and it will be created as a view or edit link based on the defaults you have set in your account.

About Create, upload, and share

Find help to solve issues with creating, uploading, and sharing files and folders in Dropbox. Get support and advice from the Dropbox Community.

Need more support

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X or Facebook.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!