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espee2's avatar
espee2
New member | Level 2
6 years ago
Status:
Closed

Password protect Paper app

Why is there no way to password protect the Dropbox Paper mobil app? I mean are you kidding me? I really wanted to use this app to keep passwords so I could go from desktop to mobil and quickly look up a password or some other secret document but to my surprise, after initially setting up DB Paper, it opens right up to my save secret document. the Dropbox app has a 4-digit password, how freaking hard would it be to put that in the Paper app?

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  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    6 years ago
    Hey espee2, I appreciate the time you took to detail us your interest on this additional functionality. I’ve already made sure to pass your comments on to our team specialists, as your thoughts help us better understand your needs. Since we value your feedback, I’ve made sure to give this thread a bit more visibility by moving to the Paper Ideas section. 
     
    Please let me know if you have more questions or you need further assistance in any way; it’ll be a a pleasure to follow-up with you. Thanks! 
  • Emma's avatar
    Emma
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    6 years ago
    Status changed:
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    to
    Gathering Support
  • harrysfil's avatar
    harrysfil
    Experienced | Level 13
    6 years ago

    It would be great to add an option to share a link to a dropbox paper with password as we can do with files or folders in Dropbox.

    • Fiona's avatar
      Fiona
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      6 years ago

      This is a very nice feature request harrysfil. Thanks for posting about this! :grinning:

      Passwords add more control to your sharing. I am happy to forward this idea to our Paper team! :dart:

       

      • harrysfil's avatar
        harrysfil
        Experienced | Level 13
        6 years ago

        Also it would be great if we could emded a dropbox paper inside another dropbox paper (now only shows the link with + sign).

  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
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    5 years ago
    Status changed:
    Gathering Support
    to
    Investigating

    This idea has been passed along to the team for review.

    Thanks for your suggestion and to everyone who has supported this idea so far! 🔐

  • harrysfil's avatar
    harrysfil
    Experienced | Level 13
    5 years ago

    the embed paper idea or the password protect one?

  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    5 years ago

    Hey harrysfil!

    This updated status is for the original idea shared, which is for a password protected Paper app.

    For embedding a Paper doc, when you hover over the blue text, you can see a preview of the Paper doc.

    If this isn't exactly what you're looking for, I'd suggest submitting a new Paper idea here following Emma's top tips.

    I hope this helps!

  • drblini's avatar
    drblini
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    I wished Dropbox allowed password protection for files, folders and paper too.

  • unk's avatar
    unk
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago
    I second this. It's a critical feature and I can't imagine adding a simple pin lock to the apps would be challenging. Why are we even discussing this?
  • PeterX's avatar
    PeterX
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    Hello guys!
    Thanks for considering this. Is this the right thread for also getting info about password protected (locked) documents/folders in the Paper? If not could you please navigate me to it, or should I create one? 

    I'd love to see the update on this one. 
    Thanks!

  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    5 years ago

    Hey PeterX!

    Adding passwords for any file or folder within Dropbox (including Paper docs) is not currently a feature.

    If this is something that you'd like to see being added as a feature for your Paper docs, you can always post this in the "Paper ideas" section here.

    You can check out Emma's top 10 tips for posting ideas too.

    Thanks for your interest!