> ## Documentation Index
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# Box Folder Settings

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** (![More Options button](https://docs.box.com/images/shared/button-3-dots2.png)). (Or right-click on a folder.)
2. Click **Settings**.

## Collaboration Section

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">**Invitation Restrictions**\
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 **Within \[your organization]**</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.  **Within \[your organization]** 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>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:<ul><li>Editor (default)</li><li>Viewer</li></ul>\[!NOTE] Any permissions and restrictions placed on the shared link still apply​.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">**Commenting**\
Commenting settings are available only to Enterprise-level accounts.</td></tr><tr><td>Disable commenting for this folder</td><td>Determines whether people can leave comments and annotations on content in this folder. If enabled:<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] 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.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">**Shared Link Access**</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>

## Privacy Section

<table><thead><tr><th>Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">**Privacy**</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.\
This setting also removes the ability for non-owners and non-co-owners to invite collaborators.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Watermarking Section

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">**Watermark Folder**</td></tr><tr><td>Enable watermarking for this folder</td><td>Determines whether content in this folder can be watermarked.\
[Watermarking](https://docs.box.com/en/box-fundamentals/for-users/collaborating/sharing-content-using-box/watermarking-files.md) 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>

## Uploading Section

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">**Email Uploads**</td></tr><tr><td>Allow uploads to this folder via email</td><td>Determines whether people can opt to upload content to this folder via email. If selected:<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>To upload to the folder via email, attach a file to an email, and send it to the email address generated.</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.\
Configurable only by owners and co-owners.</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Email Uploads**

![folder settings - 6](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/Qyy8LmrN0pVKQFf5/images/box-fundamentals/folder-settings-6.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Qyy8LmrN0pVKQFf5\&q=85\&s=1a078d8370dcfc8ad89301b858d4d272)

## Automated Actions Section

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

## Email and Notifications Settings

| Setting | Description |
| - | - |
| Notifications | Determines who receives notifications as the result of events in this folder. Select from: • **Use my default notification settings** - To receive notifications according to your notification preferences in your [Account Settings](https://docs.box.com/en/box-fundamentals/for-users/user-login-and-settings/manage-account-settings.md). • **Override default settings for this folder and all subfolders** - To set custom notification preferences for the folder. If enabled, also select:   • **Disable all email notifications for all collaborators** - 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.   • Which events in the folder and sub-folders will generate notifications (available only when **Disable all email notifications for all collaborators** is disabled*)*, from:     • Previews     • Downloads     • Uploads     • Deletes (selected by default)     • Adds a comment (selected by default) |

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

* [Enterprise-wide email notifications](https://docs.box.com/en/box-admin-tools/how-to-guides-for-admins/manage-notifications-for-enterprise-users.md): 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](https://docs.box.com/en/box-fundamentals/for-users/user-login-and-settings/manage-account-settings.md#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).

## Known Issues

* 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.