> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.box.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Box Folder Settings

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The folder settings page enables you to control the actions possible within a specific folder, and modify the default settings to better suit your needs. Sub-folders inherit these folder settings, and the settings cannot be 'undone' at a sub-folder level. Some settings can be modified only by folder owners and co-owners.

**To modify folder settings:**

1. Hover over a folder and click **More Options** (<InlineImage src="/images/shared/button-3-dots2.png" alt="More Options button" />). (Or right-click on a folder.)
2. Click **Settings**.

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  Collaboration Section
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The settings in this section are configurable by folder Owners and Co-Owners.

<table><thead><tr><th>Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Invitation Restrictions</strong><br />Invitation restrictions settings also apply to all files in the folder.</td></tr><tr><td>Only folder owners and co-owners can send collaborator invites</td><td>Determines who can send collaborator invites to the folder. If enabled, users with the access level of editor or below are not able to invite collaborators into this folder.</td></tr><tr><td>Restrict collaboration to W<strong>ithin \[your organization]</strong></td><td>Determines who can be collaborated into the folder.  If enabled, only users within your organization are able to join this folder as collaborators.  <strong>Within \[your organization]</strong> is determined by email domain; thus, users from external tenants using your organization's domain can be invited.</td></tr><tr><td>Allow anyone who can access this folder from a shared link to join as a collaborator</td><td><p>Determines whether users who follow a shared link to this folder are prompted to join as collaborators. If enabled, also select the access level for these users:</p><ul><li>Editor (default)</li><li>Viewer</li></ul><Note><p><strong>Note</strong></p><p>Any permissions and restrictions placed on the shared link still apply​.</p></Note></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Commenting</strong><br />Commenting settings are available only to Enterprise-level accounts.</td></tr><tr><td>Disable commenting for this folder</td><td><p>Determines whether people can leave comments and annotations on content in this folder. If enabled:</p><ul><li>Existing comments and annotations on content in this folder are hidden.</li><li>New comments and annotations cannot be added.</li></ul><Note><p><strong>Note</strong></p><p>Comment creators can modify or delete existing hidden comments. Any such modification or deletion remains hidden while this setting is enabled. When this setting is disabled, modified comments display. </p></Note></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Shared Link Access</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Only collaborators can access this folder via shared links</td><td>Determines whether people who access the folder via a shared link must also be collaborators in the folder.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2 id="privacy-section">
  Privacy Section
</h2>

<table><thead><tr><th>Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Privacy</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Hide collaborators and their activity from non-owners</td><td>Determines who can view collaborators and their activity in the folder. If enabled, only the folder owner and co-owners are able to view collaborators and their activity in the folder.<br />This setting also removes the ability for non-owners and non-co-owners to invite collaborators.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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  Watermarking Section
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The settings in this section are configurable by folder Editors.

<table><thead><tr><th>Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Watermark Folder</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Enable watermarking for this folder</td><td>Determines whether content in this folder can be watermarked.<br /><a href="/en/box-fundamentals/for-users/collaborating/sharing-content-using-box/watermarking-files">Watermarking</a> places a semi-transparent overlay of the current viewer's username and time of access across a document. Box Notes, video, audio, Flash, and 3D files are currently not supported.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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  Uploading Section
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The settings in this section are configurable by Owners, Co-Owners and Editors.

<table><thead><tr><th>Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Email Uploads</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Allow uploads to this folder via email</td><td><p>Determines wheter people can opt to upload content to this folder via email. If selected:</p><ul><li>Enter a valid email address.</li><li>Decide whether you want to allow email uploads only from collaborators on the folder.</li></ul><p>To upload to the folder via email, attach a file to an email, and send the to the email address generated.</p></td></tr><tr><td>Overwrite files with the same name when uploading by email or widget</td><td>Determines whether files with the same name are overwritten when they are uploaded via email or widget.<br />Configurable only by owners and co-owners.</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Email Uploads**

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  Automated Actions Section
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<table><thead><tr><th>Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Delete or Unshare</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Auto-delete this folder on a selected date</td><td>Determines whether  this folder is automatically deleted on the selected date. If enabled, also select a deletion date.<br /><strong>Note</strong><br />When a folder is auto-deleted, no notifications are sent to the owner or collaborators on the folder.<br />Only Owners can enable this setting for the root folder. Owners, Co-owners, and Editors can enable this setting for sub-folders.</td></tr><tr><td>Unshare this folder on a selected date</td><td><p>Determines whether this folder is automatically unshared on the selected date. If enabled, also select an unshare date.</p><p>When a folder is auto-unshared:</p><ul><li>Collaborators remain in the folder. However, the shared link expires.</li><li>This applies <strong>only</strong> to the particular folder to which the setting is applied. The setting does <strong>not</strong> affect shared links to files or sub-folders in the folder. </li></ul><p>Only Owners, Co-Owners, and Editors can enable this setting.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2 id="email-and-notifications-settings">
  Email and Notifications Settings
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| Setting       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| Notifications | Determines who receives notifications as the result of events in this folder. Select from:<br /><br />• <strong>Use my default notification settings</strong> - To receive notifications according to your notification preferences in your <a href="/en/box-fundamentals/for-users/user-login-and-settings/manage-account-settings">Account Settings</a>.<br />• <strong>Override default settings for this folder and all subfolders</strong> - To set custom notification preferences for the folder. If enabled, also select:<br />  • <strong>Disable all email notifications for all collaborators</strong> - To disable all email notifications for this folder and all subfolders, and also disable the ability to select notification events. Only Owners and Co-Owners can select this option.<br />  • Which events in the folder and sub-folders will generate notifications (available only when <strong>Disable all email notifications for all collaborators</strong> is disabled<em>)</em>, from:<br />    • Previews<br />    • Downloads<br />    • Uploads<br />    • Deletes (selected by default)<br />    • Adds a comment (selected by default) |

You can adjust email notifications at enterprise-wide, account-wide, and folder-specific levels.

* [Enterprise-wide email notifications](/en/box-admin-tools/how-to-guides-for-admins/manage-notifications-for-enterprise-users): When email notifications are applied in the Admin Console, this becomes the default for all newly created end users until the end user adjusts their settings.

* [Individual account-wide email notifications](/en/box-fundamentals/for-users/user-login-and-settings/manage-account-settings#email-notifications): When email notifications are applied in **Account Settings**, this becomes the default notification setting for all newly-created folders in the account OR for folders that are set to **Use my default notification settings**.

* End users in a Box instance can have different account wide settings by manually adjusting their email notification settings.

* [Folder-specific level email notifications](#email-and-notifications-settings): When email notifications are applied in **Folder Settings**, this becomes the default email notification for all files in the folder and subfolders.

* Different users collaborating in a folder can set their own specific folder-level email notifications (if allowed by the folder owner).

<h2 id="known-issues">
  Known Issues
</h2>

* In some cases, [notifications are not sent or multiple notifications are sent](https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417769636371-Notifications-not-sent-or-multiple-notifications-sent).
* Due to the [notifications are not sent or multiple notifications are sent](https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417769636371-Notifications-not-sent-or-multiple-notifications-sent) issue, users may receive notifications about their own actions. For example, they may be notified about any changes they introduced to folders.