Disable comments for many files at once

Question

I want to know if there is a way to automate the process of disabling comments for many files. I have thousands of files I wish to disable comments for, but as far I am I aware the only way to achieve this is to go to each file and disable them, rinse and repeating that over and over again. No one in their right mind should encumber themselves with a task as monotonous.

Is there a way either at the time of upload or afterwards to highlight/select a bulk amount of files and turn off comments for them at once? What about a whole directory? A folder? Is there seriously no way to do this? I've already read the docs on commenting in Dropbox and nothing there leads me to believe this is possible.

I've already queried the API forum and scouted the docs, this has been proven to be not possible currently via the API, so I am hoping it is doable via the GUI, either via the desktop or web app.

harrier47 · Answer

@Hannah wrote:Hey @OmniR1, thanks for taking the time to post on the Dropbox Community.

At the moment, there's no feature available that would allow you to disable multiple comments on multiple files at once.

If you want, you can take a look at Emma's tips here and then go over to our Ideas section, to post your idea for other users to up-vote.

If it gets many votes, our team will consider it for any future changes.

I hope this helps, but if you have more questions, let me know.

Thanks, Hannah, but if you've done any web searching over the past 10 years and longer, you would find that this feature (multi-file comment disabling) has been one of the most requested features submitted to the Dropbox managers.

P.S. And yes, I have been using Dropbox more than 10 years.

Hannah · Answer

Hey @OmniR1, thanks for taking the time to post on the Dropbox Community.

At the moment, there's no feature available that would allow you to disable multiple comments on multiple files at once.

If you want, you can take a look at Emma's tips here and then go over to our Ideas section, to post your idea for other users to up-vote.

If it gets many votes, our team will consider it for any future changes.

I hope this helps, but if you have more questions, let me know.