How to Track shared files in Adobe's Acrobat Reader

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Introduction

How to Track shared files in Adobe's Acrobat Reader

2. Track shared files

The files that you have recently shared are listed in Home > Recent. When the recipient views the file, you get a notification in Acrobat and an email. To view and track all the files shared for viewing, do the following:

1. Click Home, and do one of the following:
2. To view the files shared by you for view or review, click Shared By You.
3. To view the files received for view or review, click Shared By Others.
4. All the files shared for viewing are displayed along with the following information:
5. Name: Name of the file shared for view.
6. Sharing: This shows if the file is shared or unshared.
7. Date Modified: The last time when the file was modified

1. To view the details of a file, select the file. A thumbnail of the file is displayed in the right pane. The action board in the right pane displays the actions you can perform on the file. The displayed actions vary based on whether you have shared the file, or received the file for viewing as shown below:
2. Effective December 1^st, 2020, the tracking and notification feature will no longer apply to the download of shared files 
3. ACTIONS ON FILES SHARED BY YOU
4. Add People to the shared file.
5. Unshare File if you would like to prevent anyone else from viewing or downloading the file.
6. Copy Shared Link and share with other recipients for viewing.
7. Delete the shared file permanently from the Adobe Document Cloud.

1. ACTIONS ON FILES SHARED BY OTHERS
2. View the timestamp of the file received.
3. Copy Shared Link to either share it with other recipients or open the file on the browser.
4. Remove Me to remove yourself as a reviewer of the shared file.
5. Report Abuse for any inappropriate content received.