Private Share Permissions for Folders

When you share a folder privately, by default, users have permission to view and download the folder. You can add additional permissions for each user.

On the Share Link dialog box, in the Sharing Permissions section, if you choose Allow selected users or groups you can choose from several permissions options:


The following table includes definitions of each permission.

Permission

Description

View

Every user with access to the share has view access. 
View access allows users to view or browse files in the folder.

You cannot remove view access.

DownloadDownload permission allows a user to save a file in the folder to their desktop or client.
UploadUpload permission allows the user to:
  • Add a file to the shared folder
  • Delete folders inside the shared folder
  • Modify files inside the shared folder
  • Create new folders inside the shared folder
Share

Share permission allows the user to share the folder contents again with other users.

If you enable Share permission, Download, Upload and Delete permissions are automatically enabled; however, you can remove Delete permission.

Sync

Sync permission allows users to synchronize the contents of the shares using their FileCloud Sync app.

If you enable Sync permission, Download, Upload and Delete permissions are automatically enabled; however, you can remove Delete permission.

Important: For Network Folder shares to work with FileCloud Sync, you must enable indexing in the Network Folder and index it. See Indexing of Network Folders.

DeleteDelete permission allows users to delete a file from the folder.
If you enable Delete permission, Upload permission is automatically also enabled, but Upload permission can then be removed.
  • Files can be deleted only when upload access is set on the folder.
  • Folders can be given upload permission but not delete permission.
Manage

Manage permission allows users to manage this share and reshares of this share, including removing permissions and users; however, a user with Manage permission cannot change a private share to public.
Note: Manage permission is not available for groups and is grayed out on the Groups tab.