Universal Embedder Documentation
  • Quick Start
  • What's New
  • Troubleshooting FAQ
  • How-tos
    • Opening the App Menu
    • Embed a link into an Item
      • Make Universal Embedder your default Item View
      • Select a single column to appear in your Item View
      • Preview your link in full screen
    • Embed a link as a Board View
    • Embed a link into your Dashboard
    • Embed a link directly into your Workspace menu
    • Edit the URL of a Workspace Embed
    • Edit the URL of a Dashboard Widget
    • Edit the URL of a Board View Embed
  • Generating a shareable link
    • How to generate a shareable link
    • Dropbox
    • Google Docs and Sheets
    • Google Form
    • Google Calendar
    • Outlook Calendar
    • Whimsical
    • Figma
    • Loom
    • Canva
    • OneDrive
    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
  • External Resources
    • About the monday apps marketplace
  • The monday link column
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  1. Generating a shareable link

Dropbox

You can embed links from Dropbox either from the web app or directly from your desktop.

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Web App

You can embed any Dropbox link from the Dropbox web app into monday using Universal Embedder. Here’s how:

  1. Click on the file or image you want to add.

  2. Click on the Share button on the top right corner of the app.

  3. Click Copy link to grab the URL.

  4. Head to monday and add that Dropbox link to your Item in monday. You’ll now be able to see it directly in monday.

Desktop for Windows

If you want to embed a Dropbox link directly from your desktop, make sure you have the Dropbox desktop app downloaded and then:

  1. Right-click on the file on your computer that you want to share.

  2. Click the Dropbox dropdown and then Copy Dropbox link.

  3. Add that Dropbox link to your Item in monday. You’ll now be able to preview it using Universal Embedder.

Dropbox - Desktop for Mac

Make sure you have the Dropbox desktop app downloaded to your Mac and then follow the instructions below.

  1. Right-click on the file in your Dropbox folder that you want to share.

  2. Under Quick Actions click Copy Dropbox Link.

  3. Add that Dropbox link to your Item in monday. You’ll now be able to preview it using Universal Embedder.

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