Sharing Folders

With the File Share client, you can share a folder to collaborators and grant specific user roles to the collaborators. If you are the owner of a file share folder, you can see the history of changes made to any file in the folder.

1. Choose one of the following ways to share a folder:
   • Click the folder to be shared and click .
   • Right-click the folder to be shared and click Share Options from displayed menu.
2. If you are sharing a confidential folder, click OK in the popped up dialog to confirm the sharing.
3. Enter the user ID or the email address to find the user that you want to share the folder to or directly select the user from the User list.
4. Select a user role from the following options:
   • Owner: with the this role assigned, the user can add, update, delete files in the shared folder and also can share the folder to others.
   • Editor: with the this role assigned, the user can add, update, delete files in the shared folder but cannot share the folder to others.
   • Viewer: with the this role assigned, the user can only view the files in the shared folder.
   The selected user with the assigned role is added to the Collaborators section.

   

5. If you want to remove a user from sharing list, click next to the corresponding user.
6. Set an expiration time for the collaborators with the Editor and Viewer roles assigned.
   The share operation is revoked when reaching the expiration time.
7. Optional: Enter a message in the Message section as a reference to the collaborators.
8. Click Share.

Result

The folder icon is changed to if the folder is shared.