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Shared Folders

18 Topics

See what folders a user belongs to
As an admin, I want to be able to easily see what folders a specific user belongs to. I'd love to be a be able to go to the "Members" page, click on a user, and then see a list of all the folders they have access to. If I need to partially reduce a specific users folder access, I would currently have to click "Share" next to each folder and look through who the members were. And even then, if they belong to a folder I don't, I won't know they are on it. I'd also like to be able to change their permission and uninvite them to those folders from that same view. So, once I've opened the "Members" page, clicked on the user, and am looking at the folders they belong to, I'd want to be able to make edits from there.
DanKWeaver
8 years ago Place Ideas
42KViews
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Preventing folders from being moved
Looking for a way, as admin to a shared folder which contains sub-folders, to keep other team members from accidentally moving those sub-folders. Part of it is education: novices do not grasp that by moving a folder to their desktop (for whatever reason) they are moving it out of DB and visibility to the rest of the team. This has occurred a few times, and as the team grows, it would be better if admin could lock a folder's POSITION. Probably would be a benefit to keep the folders from being renamed, but that is less likely to happen. Users should still be able to freely work with and move files as needed within the locked-position folders. Maybe there is a way to do this that I'm not aware of. Third party folder manager (those I reviewed are focused on encrypting, password protecting and/or hiding folders)? Any advice would be appreciated.
David G.14
10 years ago Place Ideas
23KViews
51likes
45Comments
Hide the members of a shared folder
Hi, My company uses Dropbox (free and company versions) to share files with external people of the company. We would like to know if it's possible to hide the name and the email address of the members of the folder to the other members. And if it's not possible yet, I think it would be a good idea to improve Dropbox, don't you think?
Dreue C.
10 years ago Place Ideas
52KViews
47likes
75Comments
Designate multiple "owners" or "admins" of a shared folder
We would like the ability to designate multiple users as "admins" of a shared folder so more than one person is able to unshare and delete the folder when necessary. This could work by having multiple "owners" and/or having a Dropbox group designated as the owner. Why we need this: We use Dropbox for project work that is highly sensitive. Only team members working on the project have access to the shared folder on a "need to know" basis. We have multiple company "admins" who need admin control over these shared project resources so sensitive data can be handled in compliance with specific project needs.
russellj1
6 years ago Place Ideas
20KViews
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10Comments
Allow us to generate a report on who has edit/view access on shared folders
You are seemingly unable to generate a report that shows a simple access control list of who, within and organization, is allowed to view/change files in a folder? I understand that you can go to folders, one by one, and view (via 'modify') the currently assigned company users. But the ability to generate a simple csv file listing the directory name and all user names assigned to or allowed to read or read write is critical for both security and financial audit process. Given the Unix underpinnings for the product, this function exists as core to the OS, but sadly is missing from the system features.
Kesemtech
3 years ago Place Ideas
2.9KViews
5likes
9Comments
Give us back custom icons for shared folders
It has been a year since the last update on the thread about this problem and it looks like commenting was shut off... and still no resolution. (https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-installs-integrations/Custom-folder-icons-vanish-when-folder-moved-into-DB/td-p/330443 ) It is incredibly frustrating that we cannot use custom icons for shared folders. This was something that we used to be able to do (about 2 years ago.) I have my Dropbox folders sorted by client, and some are shared with the client. I would like to have the ability to have that client's logo as the folder icon again, so it is much faster to see which folder is which, rather than them all being plain blue folders.
janobonano
4 years ago Place Ideas
1.7KViews
5likes
4Comments
Option for Clients to "star" or "favorite" Images
The option for Clients to "star" or "favorite" Images in a shared folder would be insanely useful. It's surprising this still hasn't been added yet as a feature. Especially given the introduction of Replay for video feedback, and the fact that commenting already exists for photos and stars exist for internal favorites—all we need is the option for external clients to also "star" photos the way they can comment on photos. Currently, we have to use third-party programs to share photo proofs with clients just so they can select the images they want to purchase. Comments alone are too cumbersome when there's hundreds of images to go through. One tiny addition of a star would make Dropbox for photos unbeatable!
blockmedia
3 months ago Place Ideas
370Views
4likes
1Comment
Make members invisible to others
Hello, I noticed that when a members access to my folders via your website, he can see all the other members' name on the upper right corner. I can also double click on their icon and send a mail to anybody! I don't want any member to get access to the other members. So, please add a feature to disable viewing all other members.
Traderchange
3 years ago Place Ideas
2.3KViews
3likes
1Comment
Remove access to subfolders within a shared folder to save space.
If you don't need some files in your personal account, there should be a way to get rid of them without deleting them from everyone's accounts who is a part of it.
ekivnick
5 years ago Place Ideas
4.2KViews
3likes
6Comments
Open links to files in shared folders directly in Finder instead of the site
Our company uses Dropbox Business, and teammates regularly send e-mailed links to files within the shared folders. Clicking them spawns the web browser which then prompts me to download a copy of the file instead of taking me to the file, which might be nested in a folder several layers deep,in the Dropbox app or Finder. So my request is to give users an option to open links to files that are already in the shared Dropbox folders using Finder, or at least the Dropbox desktop app.
edispaltro
6 months ago Place Ideas
814Views
2likes
3Comments