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Prevent shared files from being downloaded

I think it would be great if there was some setting to turn download's of a shared file or folder ON\OFF... what I mean is suppose I want to share a File\Folder with someone, I would only want them to be able to view\edit it online and not be able to download it onto their computer.. to take this idea further, it could also be helpful if you could prevent copying content from shared files... the download permission could probably be visible once a user decides to share a particular file with someone

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elwin shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
boom! it's done  ·  AdminRandy Wong (OneDrive Program Manager, Microsoft) responded  · 

Earlier this year, across the various options of sharing links, we introduced the capability of “block download” enabling you to keep your content in the cloud by not allowing users to download Office files. This capability helps you avoid out of date copies and maintain access control. Today, we are glad to announce that shortly, you will be able to apply the same functionality to images, 3D, PDF files and more.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-OneDrive-Blog/Celebrating-top-OneDrive-moments-at-Ignite-2019/ba-p/963182

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    How about the opposite? I want to allow someone to download my photos but not to edit my OneDrive originals. Is that possible? View only doesn't seem to allow downloads.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It certainly cannot be construed as secure or view only when you can download the file edit it and then share it with any one you want - when you have set the file permissions for view only. Does not compute.

  • Paul W commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes this would be awesome. like google drive, and Dropbox for business. We have the option to share files in time frame and only for viewing- no downloading or printing- the function to simply look at it - approve or capture the idea. Please consider Thanks

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    would like to have users listen to audio and view video without the option to download.

  • Nicola Stanley commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    That's interesting! Have just been deciding which way to go for a collaborative teamwork in our company (be that: OneDrive, Google Docs or DropBox) . Because we use SKYPE I liked the neat integration of OneDrive with Skype messaging. However my main concern is training the staff to understand the difference between using Excel online or downloading for use on DeskTop Excel. I can see lots of issues here with staff getting confused about what they have clicked and finding themselves editing on desktop and not real-time online. Obviously the data protection and data security issues are a real concern too, particularly as they might end up by sharing sensitive information by accident with someone else. By email our Excel spreadsheets would normally be protected with a password. I am assuming here that if they download an Excel file from OneDrive that password protection is not an option. That currently makes email a securer option than OneDrive! Hope to hear more from Microsoft about the prevention of further sharing and downloading of files. In the meantime we will pilot OneDrive in a small way within our company.

  • Steve commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Even shares that allow editing should allow downloads to be disabled. You may have someone helping you with something but not want them to make a copy of it for their own use.

  • M commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Totally agree with this suggestion. A view link should be read-only; please upgrade to grant the ability to share files and disable download.

  • Susan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Absolutely this option should be available. I am currently switching a batch of files off of OneDrive to GoogleDrive exclusively for this reason. This will definitely mean I use this whole MS platform less.
    BTW, if others are looking for an easy and free way to move files mover.io works brilliantly and FAST and/or in the background and/or if you disconnect from internet after queuing files for transfer! (p.s. "transfer" means files copy to GD, they will not be deleted from OD unless you do that yourself - took me a few mins. to find that info!!)
    Hope this is incentive for OneDrive!

  • Marcos Avila commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    é o que eu sempre desejei, não entendo o porque de ainda ter essa opção, sem logica esse botão fixo.

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