Keep in mind that there are different third-party services that we can use to share content on the Internet. It is information that we would not obtain if we directly shared a Drive or Dropbox link. It will allow us to know when that link has been opened.

It is a free service that allows us to shorten any link we want. In this way we will know that the person to whom we have shared that folder has opened it and, therefore, downloaded the content.

But the interesting thing here is that many of these services will indicate to the user if that link has been opened or not. We can use this to shorten url of those Drive or Dropbox files that we are sharing. In this way we only have to send a short address that redirects to the real one. They are very useful for passing a very long URL on WhatsApp, for example. Basically what this type of service does is shorten an address that we give it. One of the options we have available is to use a URL shortener or URL shortener. We are going to see a couple of options that we can use in Drive or Dropbox. Or we may just be curious about know if you have opened the link that we have sent you or you have overlooked. We are interested in knowing if you have really downloaded it already so that we can delete it. Let’s say we have shared a folder of photos through Google Drive with someone. How to know if someone has downloaded the shared files

Shorten dropbox link