Creating and Managing Snapshots

Snapshots can be automatically created as part of a snapshot Share Link by any user with Sharing permissions. For example, users can create snapshot share links to send secure links to files that would exceed their email server's attachment size limit.

Site administrators can directly create a snapshot, using one of our official SDKs or the Command Line Interface (CLI) application. As a best practice, you should add a name to any snapshots you have created directly, so that you know the purpose of that particular snapshot.

Snapshots that are created as part of a snapshot Share Link are automatically updated as needed by the Share Link. The snapshot is finalized when the Share Link is generated.

Snapshots which have been directly created (without creating a Share Link) can be updated by any site administrator, using one of our official SDKs or the Command Line Interface (CLI) application.

You can update a snapshot, even if it has already been finalized. Finalizing a snapshot means the contents cannot be changed, but it does not prevent you from changing the expiration date or name of the snapshot.

Finalizing a snapshot is a special type of update which prevents the contents of the snapshot from being changed.

Snapshots that are created as part of a snapshot Share Link are automatically finalized when the Share Link is generated.

Snapshots which have been directly created (without creating a Share Link) can be finalized by any site administrator, using one of our official SDKs or the Command Line Interface (CLI) application.

Snapshots that are created as part of a snapshot Share Link are automatically removed when the Share Link expires.

Snapshots which have been directly created (without creating a Share Link) can be deleted by any site administrator, using one of our official SDKs or the Command Line Interface (CLI) application. Deleting a snapshot removes its contents, including its hidden folder.

If you use expiration dates on your snapshots, you will not need to delete snapshots manually.