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Is it possible to rename a link to a file?
Is it possible to get a link/url to a file that contains the files ID-number instead of the name of the file? The reasons is that I dont want the link to break if I change the file name?
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Hey there oweijf - how are you today?
Shared links will not break when you rename a file now. They will only break if the file has been deleted from its Dropbox folder in which case, you'd be able to verify it (and restore it if needed) through your deleted files page.
Let me know if you need anything esle!
Walter
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Dropbox StaffHey there oweijf - how are you today?
Shared links will not break when you rename a file now. They will only break if the file has been deleted from its Dropbox folder in which case, you'd be able to verify it (and restore it if needed) through your deleted files page.
Let me know if you need anything esle!
Thanks for quick reply, you are of course correct. As the file name was included in the end of the generated link I assumed that it would break, I was obviously wrong.
However a follow up, for this to work I must generate a public link that anyone could access (if i not set the password). And for a lot of documents this could be a bit exhausting. Can I get a similar link that just the people the file is shared to can access? (No link to fold wont work as I specifically want the file).
Thanks again!
- Walter
Why don't you share a link to the file in question directly then oweijf?
Let me know if I'm missing something please!
I was thinking insecure to share a link not requiering login/password, but that is maybe a very edge case that someone would guess the specific generated link :)
