Creating a public folder in dropbox

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Safeguard the work you share. Compare plans. Manage granular file permissions. Send view-only files. James B. New member Level 1. Re: How do I create a public folder? Super User II.

Of course its not actually a deprecated feature. Just one they would prefer you didnt use. Lets see who gets documents up and linked first! Which is what makes it a deprecated feature. Thanks Rich. Work Smarter with Dropbox The way we work is changing.

So, if you ever lose any of your files, you can get them back by asking the Dropbox team. The account log is very important thing and they have made it secure by protecting it with multilayer security and two-step verification method.

It is quite clear that no other Dropbox user can have access or even see your files unless you share a link to the files with them or share a folder with them directly. Obviously, you are supposed to keep your password safe because Dropbox cannot guarantee about you giving your password away to someone. It is quite clearly written on Dropbox website that their employees are not allowed to have access to the content stored by their customers.

All they can see is Meta data like the name of the files and dates of modification. Of course, there are a few employees just like any other company who can have access to your files but that is a rare exception and done only on the basis of security issues.

A common perception about Dropbox Public Folder is that, it is publicly available. Thanks for your feedback! Let us know how this article helped:. Whether you sent or received a shared link, it may fail to work or show a error. If this happens, check the followin. You can upload files and folders to your Dropbox account on dropbox.

Learn how to add a shared folder to your account, and get help accessing shared folders that you were invited to.