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Share Files Privately
1. Return to your saved / published data record under "My data" tab. If you are creating a new item record, click on + Create a new item and open a new item submission form.
2. On the right side of the record editing page, click on the “Share with private link” to generate an URL that you want to share the content with other users privately.
A prompted box will show you the generated private link. Click on "Copy link" to copy the URL and then close it.
3. You can always return to the private link box from your data record editing page, by clicking on "Private link".
In this box, you may wish to 1) customize the expiry date of the private link so that it would be expired automatically on the specified date (Please note that the date is in UTC time); 2) disable the private immediately by clicking on "Disable private link".
You can create a private link to data, a link file or a metadata only record. The private link can be shared with anyone with a Figshare account or not. Please note that anyone with this private link can access your data record and uploaded files. You are advised to keep the URL to anyone who you want to share with only, and disable the link if it is no longer required.
Cite Data
You can cite published data following the below steps:
1. In a dataset record, click on the “Cite” button, then select your preferred citation style from the pull-down menu.
2. Click on "Copy citation". The citation will be copied to your clipboard and you can paste it in another location.
Share Data on Social Media
You can share the data record on social media platforms like Facebook, X, LinkedIn or by email. Click on “Share” next to the Download button, and you can choose the sharing platforms.
Embed Data
To embed the data files to another webpage, click on “Embed”, then copy the HTML embed code as shown:
