Find files that were
shared with you earlier.
A studio shared a few files with you by email, and you want to find one you opened before without digging through your inbox.
By the end, you’ll have opened a shared file, confirmed your email with a code, and found the files you’ve opened before in Shared with me.
Before you start
- An email from a studio that shared a file with you.
- Access to that email address, to receive a six-digit code.
Watch the walkthrough
Opened a file a studio shared with you? You can find it again later, in Shared with me.
When a studio shares a file with you, you get an email like this one. Choose View Shared Asset.
Your email address is already filled in. Choose Send code, and a second email brings you a six-digit code.
Type the code, and the file opens.
To get back to files you've opened before, choose the arrow at the top left.
Shared with me lists the files you've opened from share emails, with this email address.
Each row shows who sent the file, and what you can do with it.
In short: files you've opened from a share email are listed in Shared with me. To get there, open a shared file and choose the arrow at the top left. Client portals aren't listed; open them from their own email.
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Every file you’ve opened, in one list.
Northstar Creative has shared three files with Maya Chen at Harbor & Pine, each by email. She opened two of them earlier. Now she opens the third, and finds all three again in Shared with me.
Shared with me lists the files you’ve opened from share emails, with this email address. You don’t need an account. Open a share email from a studio to follow along.
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Open the share email
When a studio shares a file with you, you get an email that names the file and who shared it. Choose View Shared Asset.
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Verify your email
On Verify your email, your email address is already filled in. Choose Send code, and a second email brings you a six-digit code.
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Type the code
Type the six-digit code, and the file opens.
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Go back to Shared with me
To get back to files you’ve opened before, choose the arrow at the top left of the opened file. There’s no separate address for Shared with me; you always get there from a shared file.
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The list
Shared with me lists the files you’ve opened from share emails, with this email address. Here it has all three: the one Maya just opened, and the two she opened earlier.
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From and Access
Each row shows who sent the file, under From, and what you can do with it, under Access: View, Download or Edit.
Client portals aren’t listed in Shared with me. Open them from their own email; see Review work your creative team sent you.In short: files you’ve opened from a share email are listed in Shared with me. To get there, open a shared file and choose the arrow at the top left. Client portals aren’t listed; open them from their own email.
Check the result
- You opened a shared file with View Shared Asset.
- You confirmed your email with the six-digit code.
- You chose the arrow at the top left to open Shared with me.
- You found who sent each file, under From, and what you can do with it, under Access.
If it didn’t work
Is there a link I can bookmark for Shared with me?
No. Open any file a studio shared with you from its email, then choose the arrow at the top left.
A file from my client portal isn’t listed.
Shared with me lists only files you’ve opened from share emails. Client portals aren’t listed; open them from their own email.
A file someone shared with me isn’t in the list.
Files appear after you’ve opened them from their share email with this email address. Open that email and choose View Shared Asset.