Software & Apps > Apps How to Share a Dropbox Folder Creating a shared folder with Dropbox is simple and easy By Kat Aoki Kat Aoki Freelance Contributor California State University Kat Aoki has nearly 10 years worth of professional IT and troubleshooting experience. She currently writes digital content for technology companies in the U.S. and Australia. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on July 12, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Apps Best Apps Payment Services What to Know Select the folder you want to share.Click Share and enter the appropriate options. Here's how to share a Dropbox folder with anyone on any platform so they can view or edit any file in that folder. Sharing a Dropbox Folder In your Dropbox account: Navigate to the folder you'd like to share. Select Share at the right side of the screen. Enter the email address of the recipient. Select whether your recipient can view or can edit the folder. If the recipient has a Dropbox account, select Share folder to send a notification email to the recipient via Dropbox. The email will contain a link to the folder. If the recipient doesn't have a Dropbox account or wants to see the folder without logging in, click Copy link so you can paste it into an email, text message, or another place, and send the link directly. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up! Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit