Almost everyone knows how to share a Dropbox folder but usually aren’t aware of the options available to them. For one, you don’t need an account to gain access to files but really only an internet connection and a browser.

Which brings us to the ways in which one can share files on Dropbox: a regular share as well as a share link.

The first approach requires both users to have a Dropbox account, and for one person to invite another, which when accepted, will be able to access the contents of the folder that you’ve shared with them. In fact, if you change the contents in the folder, these changes get synced in both folders.

Since this requires one to have a Dropbox folder of their own, if the files that you wish to access are larger than 2 GB, you might need to subscribe for a paid account that offers you more space.

And which brings us to the second way by which we can share files using Dropbox. All you have to do is locate the shared link to the folder and send it to the people who would like to access its contents.

Of course, this won’t work in cases where you have to edit documents in the folder, and which is why you’ll have to use the first method instead.

As for locating the share link, right-click a folder or file within your Dropbox account, and select ‘Dropbox’ from the drop-down list as well as ‘Share link’. There’s another way of accessing this option, and which is simply locating the ‘Share Link’ to the right of the folder in your Dropbox account.