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Disable URL to screenshot when taking a screenshot

When I take a screenshot, a public URL to it is automatically copied.

This has been annoying in a few situations because I had some code copied that I wanted to paste, but overwritten by the screenshot URL.

How can I disable dropbox from automatically copying the URL to my clipboard?

I'm on macOS.

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corvusco

Hi,

I also often need to work with printscreens from browser without information about the URL. I have fast solution: Put your browser to fullscreen mode (F11 usually), than press PrintScreen or Alt+PrintScreen.

Does it work?

wyred

I’m not talking about the URL in a browser being captured in the screenshot.

When you take a screenshot, the file gets saved into Dropbox and a public url to it is automatically copied for you. This public url is what I’m referring to.

Norah

Hey @wyred, welcome to Dropbox Community!

A screencast reproducing the steps you are taking (omitting any personal information) would help to have a clear image of the issue.

You can learn how to create a screencast using QuickTime Player here. Also, to create a screencast recording the steps on a Mac you can use QuickTime Player 10.x. by downloading this free software here.

To create a screencast on Windows follow the steps below:

Open “Problem Steps Recorder” by clicking the Start button and then typing psr.
Click Start Record and replicate the steps to show your problem
Once you’ve replicated the steps, click Stop Record
In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the file, and then click Save (the file is saved with the .zip file name extension)

Thanks in advance for your time and cooperation!

wyred

1) On macOS, with dropbox installed

2) Take a screenshot of anything

3) Screenshot gets automatically placed in Screenshots folder in dropbox folder

4) Open any text editor

5) Paste text

6) You get a dropbox link to the screenshot you just taken

Problem here is I don't want a dropbox link to the screenshot to be automatically copied.

Norah

Hey @wyred,

Is it possible that you have a Software that uploads the screenshots to your Dropbox account? If this happens to be the case try disabling this Software, then take a screenshot and see it the URL is still copied.

If the issue persists, in order to investigate further you can follow up via email here and let me know so I can make sure that a colleague gets on it as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance for your reply!

wyred

Yes, that software is the dropbox app, which is why I'm here.

I kind of want the screenshot integrations but not the automatically-copy-url-to-clipboard thing.

Rich

If there isn't an option in Dropbox Preferences to disable the link creation, then you likely can't. On Windows, it's two separate capture methods; Print Screen for a screenshot, CTRL+Print Screen for a screenshot and a link. That option doesn't seem to be available on a Mac according to the help article on the feature.

annasette

Hei Wyred

go on the dropbox icon on the mac menubar, click on the little wheel on the right > preferences > import > uncheck share screenshots using dropbox

Bye

Anna

bemighty

omg this is so sad

Screen Shot 2018-11-21 at 12.14.25 AM.png

bkoplitz

hahaha!

I just went through the entire thing... too funny. I thought it would be in the dropbox website.

wyred

They added that new section after my post.

a2trade

this is annoying me. This did not do this before. I screen shot on mac and want to paste text but have to wait for the dropbox banner to come out and then when I paste its the stupid dropbox link.

1. dropbox should havea an optioin to not show the banner

2. the link should not be copied to the clipboard , again add an option.

edburns

I"m in the same boat- hey dropbox you need to have a pref to disable this, it shd not automatically be pasted, just lost an hour of my life trying to explain this to your team

we have 35 drop box account here- do something about it its annoying, if i wanted a link id creat one dont it auto

sambid

I am not sure if you have got help or resolved the issues. I still had an issue when i uncheck the preferences, the screenshots got saved in the desktop. Here is what i did that resolved all of the above issue in mac:

1) Unchecked the dropbox share from preference. This removed the setting and made the default settings back to desktop.

2) However, have ceated a new folder named Screenshot in the dropbox folder.

3) used mac's default settings to change the default location of the screenshot to that folder. I used the process form this website. you can google how to do that. Change the default of screenshot

Cheers.

edburns

WOW THANKS!

sambid

You are welcome.

To add on, there are smaller issues that arise from this mainly with the naming

1) the naming changed form "screenshot date (24hr time)" to "Screen Shot (Date) at (12hr Time) pm".

The naming is resolved by changing the naming with similar command to "screenshot". The preference-> language->advanced-> time -> medium format to "0-23" and removing the am/pm solved most of the issue to make it similar naming except fo the "at" that arises. But i guess "at" hasnt hurt anyone yet.

twhitelaw

So, on a mac, here's another answer. You can take a screenshot Cmd+Shift+4, and that ends up in DB screenshots and you get a link when you paste it. OR you can use Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+4 and just get a jpg that will paste into a text editor or document or email or text message, etc.

dylankyang

Yo 3 years later thank you!!!!

I can't believe Dropbox still hasn't fixed this yet. You're a lifesaver I was just about to literally delete Dropbox cause I couldn't find a way around it lol

garethshaw

I know this is an old thread but I found the answer.

Disable dropbox from auto saving the screengrab and just change the location from within the screengrab.app on OSX.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361

Cmd+spacebar

screenshot

Enter

Options...

Other Location

Select "Dropbox / Screenshots"

Now they'll save to screenshots within dropbox by OSX, not dropbox so no link is generated and your clipboard isn't over written!