
Note: You can Set an expiration for links shared outside your team. Anyone attempting to access the link after the expiry date will be given an error message. After the selected date, Dropbox will automatically disable the shared link.

This setting allows you to set a specific expiration date for shared links created by team members. This setting allows your team members to set an access password when creating a shared link. Note: Team members can override the default shared link privacy and choose to give anyone to access shared links. If this is set to Anyone, anyone can access shared links by default, regardless of whether or not they’re part of the team.If this is set to Team only, only team members can access shared links by default.This setting controls the default privacy of shared links created by team members. In addition, existing links created by team members will no longer work for people outside the team. If this is set to Off, team members can’t share links with people outside the team.Team members can override the Default shared link privacy setting described below. If this is set to On, team members can share links with people outside the team.This setting controls whether team members can share links with people outside the team. However, they can still view shared folders created by people outside the team. If this is set to Off, team members can’t edit shared folders created by people outside the team.If this is set to On, team members can edit shared folders created by people outside the team.This setting controls whether team members can edit folders created by people outside the team. The approved list does not apply to shared links.Adding a top-level domain, for example “”, will also allow members to share with subdomains such as “x.” or “y.”.Click Add to list or approved next to Approved list.Sign in to with your admin credentials.

To add people or valid email domains to the approved list:

You can add individual users by email or entire email domains to the approved list. If Sharing externally is set to On (team + approved), you’ll see an additional setting to manage your approved list. However, this list won’t include sharing via links. Note: If you choose to allow sharing externally, you can view a list of the top email address domains that your team is sending files to in the insights dashboard.

If this is set to Off (team only), team members can only share with people who are on the team.If this is set to On (team + approved), team members can only share with people who are on the team and people on the team’s approved list.If this is set to On (anyone), team members can share with both people who are on the team and people who aren’t on the team.
