With viewer info, you can see if someone is currently looking at a file. And, depending on the Dropbox plan you have, you may also be able to see when someone last viewed a file.
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When someone is viewing a shared file, their avatar appears in color on the preview of the file on dropbox.com. If you hover over their avatar, it says Viewing now.
If someone has Can view or Can edit permissions on a file, and they aren't currently viewing the file, their avatar appears in gray next to the Share button. If you share with a team member through a shared link, their avatar doesn't appear until they view the file.
Customers on these plans can see when someone last viewed a file:
Hover over a gray avatar on the preview of a file on dropbox.com to see when they last Viewed the file.
You can also see the full history of when people viewed files.
Viewer info should be enabled by default for your account. If it isn't, enable viewer info.
Once viewer info is enabled, viewer info is automatically enabled for all files you own. If you don't want to see viewer info, you can disable it on specific files or folders:
To disable viewer info for a shared file
To disable viewer info for a shared folder
Note: Only the owner of a shared folder can disable viewer info for the entire folder. Anyone who can manage access to a folder can disable viewer info on shared files inside a shared folder.
You can also disable viewer info for your entire account.
If viewer info is enabled and you’re viewing a file, you can’t hide your viewer info from the owner of a file.
People who view your content also can’t disable viewer info on your shared file or folder.
For example: A team has viewer info turned off. A team member is invited to a shared folder owned by someone not on the team who has viewer info enabled. Viewer info for that team member is shown on that shared folder.
If you don’t want viewer info to be displayed for anyone, including yourself, on your content, you can disable it:
To disable viewer info for your Dropbox Business team:
To disable viewer info for your Dropbox Business account:
If you’re a Dropbox Business team member, your admin chooses the default for your team.
To disable viewer info for your personal account:
Note: If you choose Off, you can turn viewer info on for specific files or folders you own.
Whose information is shown?
You can see viewer info about members of your team or people with Can edit or Can view permission.
Who can see viewer info and what is shown?
Team members and people with Can edit permissions on a file can see the names and email addresses of team members, people with Can edit, and people with Can view permissions.
People with Can view permissions can’t see viewer info.
Whose information isn't shown in viewer info?
When someone accesses a shared link and isn’t a team member or wasn’t specifically invited to the file, they appear as a Guest viewing the file. You can't see the name or email address of a Guest on a file.
Guests can’t see viewer info.
Who can access my files?
Only you, or people you invite to edit a file, can invite others to your shared files.
Learn how to change permissions for your shared folders and shared links.
Note: If someone downloads a shared link without viewing it on dropbox.com, they won't show in viewer info.
Viewer info settings
If viewer info is disabled for a shared folder, viewer info is also disabled on all content in that folder. If viewer info is disabled for a shared folder, only the owner can enable viewer info on individual files in that shared folder.
If viewer info is enabled for a shared folder, the owner or an editor can disable viewer info for specific files in that folder. Members who Can edit the folder can disable viewer info for files in a shared folder.
Moving content
When you move a file into a shared folder, the file adopts the same viewer info setting as the shared folder. If you move a file into a shared folder you don’t own, the owner may have different settings for viewer info.
Note: If you changed the viewer info setting on your file before moving it into another folder, it usually keeps the setting you chose.
Joining a team
If you join a Dropbox Business team, the team setting for viewer info applies to your account.
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