Disabling sharing with anyone with the link

Sharing with anyone with the link is enabled by default. To make sure that files in a vault are shared outside M-Files only with known people who are added as visitors, you must disable the functionality in the Advanced Vault Settings.

Important: Settings for the classic clients can restrict sharing also in the new M-Files Desktop and M-Files Web. If you have issues with sharing, make sure that the settings given in Configuring public links are not in use.

To disable sharing with anyone with the link in a vault:

  1. In M-Files Admin, go to the Advanced Vault Settings section.
    1. Open M-Files Admin.
    2. In the left-side tree view, expand an M-Files server connection.
    3. Expand Document Vaults.
    4. Expand a vault.
    5. Select Configurations.
    6. In the navigation area, select Advanced Vault Settings.
    7. Open the Configuration tab.
      Result:The advanced vault settings are shown.
  2. Select External Sharing
  3. Set Allow sharing to Anyone with the link to No.