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Can I download entire folders from the Dropbox app to my mobile device?

I'm New to using cloud based storage. I'm using Dropbox and onedrive right now and and have been organizing all my documents and pics intl file folders or albums, whichever you prefer to call them.

So today dropbox has informed me I'm out of storage.

So what I'm trying to figure out is how do I download a folder back to my hard drive? I can do it file by file but that defeats the purpose of all the work I've put into organizing everything. Am I missing something or was what I did a waste of time?

It doesn't even ask me what folder I want to drop it into when I download a file. I'm using a Samsung galaxy s21 5g

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Nancy

Hi @Xamial, and welcome to our Community.

At the moment, I’m afraid it’s only possible to download/export files directly to your mobile device from Dropbox, but not entire folders.

However, I’ve already passed this along to our team, as a feedback for them to consider.

If there’s something else I can help with though, let me know.

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Nancy

Hi @Xamial, and welcome to our Community.

At the moment, I’m afraid it’s only possible to download/export files directly to your mobile device from Dropbox, but not entire folders.

However, I’ve already passed this along to our team, as a feedback for them to consider.

If there’s something else I can help with though, let me know.

hannahmanierka

Is this still the case one+ year later in 2023?

Jay

Hi @hannahmanierka, currently, there is no change on this topic, as it isn't possible to export or download entire folders on your mobile device.

Lucifurion

This needs to change ASAP. It’s a no brainer feature that many people expect because it’s so obvious to include it as a matter of course. Do you people have any idea how much of a pain in the ass it is to have to download individual files and then rearrange them all into one folder once they’re downloaded as opposed to just being able to download a single folder? It’s pretty ridiculous that this is still being discussed as to whether to include this basic, fundamental feature or not.

Walter

Thank you for the feedback on this @Lucifurion - it's been noted in our system.

Please let us know if you have anything else to add.

Alky

Is it still not possible to download entire folders on mobile app? This is a deal breaker sort of missing feature.