How to manage Dropbox Replay for your team

Updated Aug 26, 2024
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Dropbox Replay is available to all Dropbox users. The Dropbox Replay Add-On is a paid feature available to customers on Dropbox Plus, Essentials, Professional, Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, and Enterprise.

Admins have access to all Dropbox Replay files and projects in the team space. Admin controls allow admins to view, change or re-assign ownership, permanently delete, change password settings, and add and edit members to Replay files and projects. If a team member leaves, an admin can take ownership of their shared files or projects to prevent workflow disruption.
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Note: Admins can take ownership of any files that are added to a Replay team project that’s owned by their team. They can’t take ownership of files within a team member’s Home page that haven’t been added to a project.

Dropbox Replay settings in the admin console

  • Open any file in a shared project created by a Dropbox team member
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Note: A team member has to be an authorized user on your Dropbox team account. If you’re working with someone who’s on their own account and isn’t an authorized user on your team, admin controls won’t extend to their files, unless those files are moved into one of your team’s projects.

  • Rename projects
  • Take ownership of files or projects of team members or former team members
  • Permanently delete files
  • Change sharing settings from your Links page or the file itself
  • Change shared links passwords
  • Manage external access to files and folders
  • Allow or restrict sharing outside your team
     

How to rename a file or project

To rename a file or project:

  1. Log in to replay.dropbox.com.
  2. Click Admin at the top.
  3. Hover over the file thumbnail or the row of the project you’d like to rename.
  4. Click “” (ellipsis) in the top right.
  5. Select Rename from the menu that appears.
  6. Type in the new project name.
  7. Click Rename.

How to edit access to a Dropbox Replay project

To add someone to a project:

  1. Log in to replay.dropbox.com.
  2. Click Admin at the top.
  3. Hover over the thumbnail or row of the project you’d like to add people to.
  4. Click “” (ellipsis) in the top-right.
  5. Select Add people from the menu.
  6. Enter the emails of the people you’d like to add.
  7. Add a message, if you’d like.
  8. Choose Can edit or Can comment, depending on the permissions you’d like to grant.
  9. Click Add.

The people you added will receive an email invitation to open your project. If you’d like to collaborate on a project in real time, start a live review session instead.


Learn how to use live review in Dropbox Replay.

 

To manage access to a project:

  1. Log in to replay.dropbox.com.
  2. Click Admin at the top.
  3. Click the project you want to manage access to.
  4. Click any avatar (profile picture or initials) at the bottom of the project thumbnail.
  5. Click the dropdown next to the name of the person whose access you want to manage.
  6. Select Can edit, Can comment, or Remove.
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Notes

  • Adding users to a project gives them editing control over the whole project and everything in it. 
  • You can only add a user to your project via email. 

How to manage external link sharing in Replay

Admins can use the admin console to restrict external sharing in Replay by their team. This allows them to centrally control whether members can share links and files with:
 

Anyone: Anyone with the link 

Team + approved: The team and a list of approved users

Team only: Only members of the team

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Note: These settings will override any link restrictions set by individual team members.

To change team sharing settings:

  1. Log in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
  2. Click Admin console.
  3. Click Settings in the left sidebar.
  4. Click Replay.
  5. Click the dropdown next to Sharing links outside team.
    • Choose On (Anyone), On (Team + approved), or Off (Team only).
       

How to manage external access to projects in Replay

Admins can use the admin console settings to manage whether team members can add people from outside of the team to projects.

  1. Log in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
  2. Click Admin console.
  3. Click Settings in the left sidebar.
  4. Click Replay.
  5. Click the dropdown next to Adding people outside team.
    • Choose On (Anyone), On (Team + approved), or Off (Team only).
       

How to manage ownership of files and projects

Admins can control ownership of a shared file or project to prevent stalled workflow. 
 

Once an admin has taken over or reassigned ownership of a project, they'll be able to take all of the actions that an owner can take, including: 

  • Edit, delete, or add password
  • Toggle downloads on or off 
  • Archive files 
  • Resolve comments 
  • Pin or label comments
  • Set deadlines
  • Manage sharing permissions outside the team

How to take ownership of a file or project

To take ownership for yourself:

  1. Log in to to replay.dropbox.com.
  2. Click Admin at the top.
  3. Hover over the file thumbnail or the row of the project you’d like to take ownership of.
  4. Click “” (ellipsis) in the upper right.
  5. Select Manage people.
  6. Click dropdown next to Owner.
  7. Click Take ownership.
  8. Click the Can edit dropdown next to the member you took ownership from.
  9. Choose Can edit, Can comment, or Remove, depending on the permissions you’d like to grant.

How to reassign ownership of a file

To reassign ownership of a file:

  1. Log in to replay.dropbox.com.    
  2. Click Admin at the top.
  3. Hover over the file thumbnail or the row of the file you’d like to reassign ownership of.
  4. Click “” (ellipsis) in the top right. 
  5. Select Transfer ownership.
  6. Click the dropdown next to the current owner’s name.
  7. Select the person you’d like to transfer ownership to.
  8. Click Save.

How to change ownership of a project

To change ownership of a team member’s file or project:

  1. Log in to replay.dropbox.com.
  2. Click Admin at the top.
  3. Hover over the thumbnail or row of the project you’d like to take ownership of.
  4. Click “” (ellipsis) in the upper right.
  5. Select Change ownership.
  6. Click the dropdown with the owner’s name.
  7. Select the name of the team member you’d like to give ownership to.
  8. Click Save

How to view the admin of a file or project

To view the team admin of a file or project:

  1. Log in to replay.dropbox.com.
  2. Click any avatar (profile picture or initials) at the bottom of the project thumbnail.
  3. Scroll down the list of team members to find the person with Admin beside their name.

How to monitor activities in Replay

Admins can use the admin console to view the following member activity in Replay:

  • Logging in or out of Replay
  • Linking Replay to their accounts
  • Adding or deleting files
  • Creating or modifying shared links
  • Adding or removing people from projects
     

Learn more about how to access team activity in the admin console.
 

Disbanding a team

If you choose to disband your team, all team member accounts become individual Dropbox accounts. The ownership of the team project moves to the admin, including Replay content. Team members will still be able to access to any Replay projects they previously had access to from their individual accounts. But they’ll lose access to any files that aren’t inside a project.

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Note: Admins can also choose to delete all team Replay content. Deleted Replay content can only be recovered within 30 days of deletion.

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