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Just become an Explorer? Known around here as Helpful? Or maybe you’ve hit Legendary status? If any of that sounds like you, you’re already moving up through the Dropbox Community levels. What are levels? Levels are a simple way to show how active and experienced you are in the Dropbox Community. They help others quickly…
Let’s celebrate our July 2026 Community Member of the Month! Say hello to @HansvS HansvS earned this month’s spotlight after returning to their thread to share how they solved an issue with Dropbox not syncing as expected. After investigating further, they discovered that Dropbox had been disabled from launching…
The workday is full of tiny jobs. They’re probably taking up far more time than you think. It’s rarely the big projects that slow us down. More often, it’s the little things. Converting a document before sending it. Fixing one typo in a PDF. Chasing the latest version of a file. Trying to email a presentation that’s too…
Hi everyone! Theresa here, you may have seen me or I may have written within your thread before. I always love seeing the different ways people make Dropbox work for them, so I wanted to open this up to you all… how does Dropbox fit into your day-to-day workflow? Are you using syncing to keep everything up to date across…
Running out of space on your Dropbox account but don’t want to move to a different plan? Good news! Eligible Dropbox customers can now purchase additional 1TB storage add ons, making it even easier to get the extra space you need 🧑💻. New: Purchase 1TB Storage Add Ons Whether you’ve filled your account with photos, videos,…
Hi everyone! We’re excited to share a new feature that makes it easier to stay connected to what matters most in Dropbox - your files, memories, and important work. Over the years, we’ve seen many people come to the Community after getting locked out of their Dropbox. We know how frustrating that can be. You can now add a…
Your Dropbox Basic account makes it easy to organise files, manage folder and keep your digital life running smoothly. You’ve probably heard us mention it once or twice …and for good reason. In this post, I’ll walk you through how to get the most from Dropbox Basic and share simple solutions to some of the most common…
After having my TortoiseGit shell icons stop working, I had to find the registry hack involved with deleting the 10 unwanted shell icons DropBox uses up. And the problem came back days later even though I'm pretty sure DropBox wasn't even running in the background. It seems to be a very long running annoyance that this…
Why won't Dropbox tell me the names of what files already exist when uploading? That way I could go to the files, rename them, and upload them. Right now, my only choices are to randomly overwrite some file that could be important or not upload some file that could be important.
I have developed a javascript program (html file) which accesses my dropbox app files. It works fine with a short term access code when I am logged into my dropbox account. I need to generate on demand short term access codes when other users access the html file. Below is a function that I am using to try to generate on…
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