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Martin M.15
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Dropbox - how to edit file in a shared folder?

I have a url of a shared folder with some files that I would like to modify (without changing the url) and I am not entirely sure how to do this. When following the URL, I cannot really modify them i...
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    Rich
    10 years ago

    Is this a file that was shared with you, or a file within your own account? If someone gave you a URL to a file then it is a read-only method of sharing. You won't be able to upload any changes. They need to invite you to the folder in order to make changes.

     

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Martin M.15
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Thanks for the answer. If I follow the URL, I can download the files, but there is no option for uploading them... So I am not sure how to do this...

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