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Help Needed to Prevent Content Downloading

Hi, i have selected my public folder as private and i have given read-only access to some users. What i realised is that they are able to download the content to their local drives. The mobile & web app access is turned on. How do i prevent the downloads as most of the files in the public folders are music, videos and photos. Thank you…JM.

Downloading cannot be prevented if the user has “Read” access to the shares.

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