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DiVojich
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Apr 09, 2020
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Option "block download" not showing

Hi all, I have around 10 users in 1 office who don't have the option "BLOCK DOWNLOAD" on their ODB apps. They only see this option for Office files (Word, Excel, etc...) for non-office files such a...
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    StephenRice
    Apr 13, 2020

    I don't have an article handy but can confirm that we currently only support Block Download for Office files.

     

    That being said, we are working on Block Download for other file types (as announced in the Sharing talk at Ignite last year) and you should keep an eye on Message Center for more news on that soon 🙂

     

    Thanks!


    Stephen Rice

    Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

     

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daniel-tamarack
Copper Contributor
Jun 19, 2020

StephenRiceI'm using the free version of OneDrive and trying to block downloading on a shared PowerPoint file, but the block download toggle doesn't exist. Does this feature not exist for the free accounts?

 

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StephenRice
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Jun 19, 2020

Hi daniel-tamarack,

 

The Block Download feature is only available for enterprise SKU's of OneDrive and is not available in our consumer application. Sorry for the inconvenience!

 

Stephen Rice

Senior Program Manager, OneDrive