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Creating, Deleting, and Sharing a Hub

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Create, delete, or share a Hub in your enterprise.

Creating new Hub

You can create a new Hub from the Hubs gallery view by clicking the New Hub button.

If you didn't create a Hub yet, you are greeted with a You don't have any Hubs yet message and a step-by-step tutorial about creating a Hub.

To create a Hub:

  1. Click the New Hub button or the Get Started button (if this is your first Hub),
  2. Fill in the Hub name and description.
  3. Add any files that you want. Refer to Adding Content to Box Hubs for more information.
  4. Save your changes.
Restrictions
  • If you don't specify a Hub name, it is auto-populated with Untitled Hub [date and time].
  • If you don't add any description, it is not auto-populated and is not visible on the published Hub.
  • A Hub description can only have 2000 characters.
  • You can only add files or folders owned by your enterprise to your Hub.

You can change both the name and description in the edit mode.

Logo and background image

You can add a logo and background images when you create your Hub, or later in the edit mode.

To add a logo or background image, click the pencil icon on the logo or background. Then select an image from the gallery or upload it from Box or from your device.

To delete a custom image, you need to first change the custom logo or background to another one. Then you need to click the pencil icon to open the gallery. Find your image in the gallery and click the X button on it. A pop-up message appears, asking you to confirm the image deletion.

Important

If you delete the custom image, you won't be able to restore it, but you can add it again from Box or from your device.

For the logo, we recommend using a square image. For the background, we recommend choosing images with a 5:1 aspect ratio and minimum width of 1600 px.

Note
Only images in jpg or png format and smaller than 5 MB are accepted.

Deleting a Hub

To delete a Hub:

  1. Select the specific Hub from the Hub gallery.
  2. Click the More options menu.
  3. Select Delete Hub.

A pop-up message with the following information appears:

Are you sure you want to delete this Hub? The Hub will be deleted and users will lose access to some or all files in this Hub.

Confirm the Hub deletion by ticking the I acknowledge this action cannot be undone checkmark in the pop-up message.

Note You must be a Hub Co-Owner to delete a Hub. When you delete it, the source content from Box is not deleted.

Sharing a Hub

You can share your Hub like any other Box content. You can select only one of the two permission levels: Viewer or Editor.

You can also create a publicly shared link to share a hub.

Only groups with permissions other than Admins Only show up on the list of groups you can share a Hub with. Make sure you have the necessary permissions to add the group. For details, see Creating and Managing Groups.

Note
Both the internal and external users have to sign in to Box to access the content of a hub.

Changing permissions

To change collaborator's permissions in Hubs: you need to go to the Collaborators in [your Hub name] page. The same goes for removing a collaborator from a Hub.

  1. Click the Share button.
  2. Click on the user icons in the modal.
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