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Who Can See My Attached Files and Links in Chatter?

Share files and links with people by attaching them to Chatter posts or comments.

Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Essentials, Group, Enterprise, Professional, Performance, Unlimited, Contact Manager, and Developer Editions

Attach links and files to posts and comments from your device, Salesforce Files, Files Connect external sources, and Salesforce CRM Content libraries. All file types are supported. You can upload and download audio and video files, but you can’t parse or preview them.

This table describes who can see a file that you attached and where it appears:

Note
Note

When you enable Chatter for your org, make sure you also enable Chatter for your users. This way, they can access all Salesforce files in your org, including asset files.

If You Attach a File: Who Can See It? Where Does it Appear?
On a Chatter feed All Chatter users in your company
  • In your and your followers' Chatter feeds, and profile
  • On the Files list and Salesforce CRM Content of all Chatter users in your company
On your Chatter profile or on someone else's Chatter profile All Chatter users in your company
  • In your feed, their feed, your followers' feeds, and their followers' feeds and profiles
  • In the Files Owned list on your profile
  • On the Files list and Salesforce CRM Content of all Chatter users in your company
On a public group All Chatter users in your company
  • In your feed, your followers' feeds, and the group members' feeds
  • In your feed on your profile
  • In the feed on the group
  • In the Group Files list on the group
  • On the Files page and Salesforce CRM Content of all Chatter users in your company.
On a private group that you're a member of Members of the group and users with “Modify All Data” and “View All Data” permissions
  • In your feed and the group members' feeds
  • In your feed on your profile
  • In the feed on the group
  • In the Group Files list on the group
  • On your Files lists, group members' Files lists, and Salesforce CRM Content
On an unlisted group that you're a member of Members of the group and users with the “Manage Unlisted Groups” permission
  • In your feed and the group members' feeds
  • In your feed on your profile
  • In the feed on the group
  • In the Group Files list on the group
  • On your Files lists, group members' Files lists, and Salesforce CRM Content
On a record Anyone with sharing rights to the record
  • Record detail page
  • Your profile page
  • Feed search results
  • All Company or Company Highlights feed

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