Manage the Files widget
After adding the Files widget to a community, we can refresh the widget to display the latest file updates, hide the widget, or remove it from the community if it is no longer needed.
You must be a community owner to hide, move, or remove the Files widget from the community.
To manage the Files widget.
From the community's Overview page, click the Actions icon 
in the Files widget title bar, and select from the menu that displays.
- To expand or collapse the widget content, select Maximize or Minimize as appropriate.
- To refresh the widget and see all the latest files uploaded to the community or updated in the community, choose Refresh.
- To move the Files widget up or down the Overview page, choose Move Up or Move Down as appropriate.
- To hide the Files widget, choose Hide and confirm to temporarily hide files from the community.
When we are ready to resume file sharing, select Community Actions > Add Apps and select Files from the Hidden section of the palette. All content is restored.
- To permanently remove the Files widget, choose Remove and complete the form that displays to confirm to remove the widget.
- Choose this option permanently deletes all the files previously added to the community. This content cannot be retrieved later.
- If the community has a media gallery, we cannot remove the Files widget from the community because the widget is used to store the media gallery files. However, we can hide the Files widget if you do not want the members to be able to use it.
- Choose this option permanently deletes all the files previously added to the community. This content cannot be retrieved later.
- To access help documentation for the widget, select Help.
Parent topic:
Add files to a community
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