Watermarking is way to safeguard your images or PDFs from being downloaded and used without your permission.
Add a watermark
You must be the file owner to add a watermark. To add a watermark to an image or PDF file in your Dropbox account:
- Sign in to dropbox.com.
- Click the name of the file to open its preview.
- Click “…” (ellipsis) in the action bar at the top of the screen.
- Click Watermark.
- Customize your watermark if desired.
- Click Save.
- Select Make a copy or Replace original.
- Make a copy will create a watermarked copy of the file with (Watermarked) appended to the filename.
- Replace original will modify the original file.
Customize a watermark
You can edit the positioning, rotation, transparency, and size of a watermark. To do so:
- Sign in to dropbox.com.
- Click the name of the file to open its preview.
- Click “…” (ellipsis) in the action bar at the top of the screen.
- Click Watermark.
- Click Text or Image to choose the style of watermark.
- Edit one or more of the watermark settings below.
- Select an option from the Position dropdown menu to change the position of the watermark on the file.
- Select an option from the Color dropdown menu to choose a Dark or Light shade for the watermark on the file.
- Click the Rotation buttons to change the rotation of the watermark in 15 degree increments.
- Edit the Opacity and Size sliders to change the transparency and size of the watermark on the file.
Note: Watermark images must be 6MB or smaller.
Remove a watermark
If you chose Overwrite this file when you added your watermark, you can remove the watermark from your file. To do so:
- Sign in to dropbox.com.
- Click the name of the file to open its preview.
- Click "..." (ellipsis).
- Click Version history.
- Select the version without the watermark to preview it.
- Click Restore.
Note: Only the file owner will be able to remove a watermark. A recipient of a watermarked file will not be able to remove the watermark.
Add a watermark to the contents of a folder
To add a watermark to all the documents in a folder:
- Sign in to dropbox.com.
- Click the folder where you’d like to add a watermark.
- Click “…” (ellipsis).
- Click Add automation.
- Under Apply watermark, add text or an image. You can see a preview of your documents with the watermark in the panel on the right.
- Click Save.