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I seriously need advanced searching. Dropbox used to have these features (like search exact phrase) in 2015, but somehow removed them. So how can I do advanced searching in dropbox? Like: List files with age between x and y Contain the phrase "a b c" are of type *.pdf ...

Hello, I'm running Fedora 40 and cannot install Dropbox on my computer. After downloading the .rpm file from the Dropbox download page, it will run through the installation and daemon install process, give me a Dropbox icon in my apps but this will not activate anything after attempting to launch the program. I have no…

I've had Dropbox for backup of "standard" / particular for years but the automated services try to sync ALL my files resulting in using up my limits and pushing me to try to backup all files on the hard drives the desired backup files are stored. How do I get Dropbox to "leave me alone", just accept the longstanding…

Hi guys, today, probably after downloading and installing latest stable release a Dropbox, the context menu disappeared from Windows Explorer. Dropbox version: 183.4.7058 Windows 10 version: 22H2 OS build 19045.3448 Unfortunately I am not sure, what version was installed prior to update. Any ideas to solve this? Was…

Hello Dropbox community, I had some issues with Dropbox, asked here and Walter (many thanks!) gave me a link to download the app again. All working fine. But now I keep getting messages that Dropbox has unexpectedly quit. I click the restart button on the message to restart Dropbox but it does not start. I've never had any…

I was recently experiencing slow syncing on my work account (while hot-spotting from my phone) so I updated my selective sync settings to only link to specific folders, but that made the 'syncing files' number jump into the thousands. After reading advice on other dropbox pages, I then tried to make the files offline only,…

Hello! For three years I worked with a small company that used a Dropbox team account. For years I've had a personal one. During the pandemic when all of the work was from home and I had to use my own computer for work, I could sync within my own computer both accounts at the same time - having live sync on both folders at…

I'm a bit confused about what kind of upload speed I should expect from Dropbox. My internet connection here in the UK is 270Mb down and 26Mb up. Speed tests via a variety of sites confirm that I am getting these speeds. I mostly deal with quite small file sizes and these synch instantaneously. However, when I try to…

I set up a trial Dropbox business account today to get my design files off of icloud. I moved multiple files, however all of the files are showing as locked with a blue circle and white arrow. I cannot seem to even move them back to icloud if I want to. The access is admin is showing as available to everyone. How do I get…

I hope someone can help me with this. If I add new files or folders on my PC do they automatically get added to the corresponding folder on DropBox? Many Thanks, Peggy---aka---MamaWolf

Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer (32 Bit) Offline Installer (64 Bit) Offline Installer (ARM64) Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux…

I am trying to adjust my synch settings and when I click the DB Icon I cannot see any avatar or initials at top right or anywhere on screen. What can I do about this please? I am using Windows 11.

I am getting the error message that requires me to OK "delete for everyone" when I want to remove a file (see below). I saw the discussion board on this topic - the screen shots in the thread I read show an option to remove the message in the future. I do not see that option displayed. I need to remove this message. How?

When I have a password on my phone does it cover for the fact that I have NO PASSWORD on my computer.

Have word DOC's loaded into Dropbox with table content with a column containing ITEM numbers, these show in Dropbox OR when printed from Dropbox as: when they should be 1.2 etc. If you save the file to local PC and print the correct "features" of ITEMS are printed. Why would the be ? Thank You Terry

I upload my photos from iphone to Pc but the images are transparent & a ghost like icon. Didnt used to be like this. Please advise how i can change them as they only become visible once i select them etc.

no matter how many times I have re downloaded dropbox desk top app, my profile picture does not show up and I cannot choose any preferences for syncing or anything else from the desktop

Hello, I somehow saved some folders to online only... but I cannot see them on my desktop app. When I click on them in dropbox online it doesn't give me the option to put them back on my desktop. Please help. I am not to savvy with this stuff. Valerie

When I try to delete a file from my dropbox it asks if I want to delete all of those files from all devices? Yet it does not provide any secondary options, like its all or nothing? What does this mean? Will this delete the main copies from my personal hard drive like "OneDrive" did? All I want to do is delete the files in…

Half the time when I edit a file, then save it on my desktop machine, it doesn't sync to my tablet or phone. I get a version of the file that is 8 hours old, or sometimes older. This is a serious drawback...a major flaw IMHO...for a system that purports to share files. There should be a prominent button in the tablet or…

I would like to suggest the feature of having the computers "desktop" to have the ability to sync. Not just a backup but the ability to find the desktop in the mobile or online version. Then add the feature to allow a "office" computer to sync with the "laptop" computer so both can share the same files on the actual…

This has happened to me many times, and each time I fixed it by laboriously looking for missing files on my Mac and restoring them from an attached backup drive. However, I don't have access to that drive at the moment. Fortunately, the files can be seen by navigating to the backups folder in the Dropbox web page. I saw…

Hi there I've been searching for a while, no solution in sight: After restoring mac from time machine, most things worked as before, dropbox was re-linked (had to remove mac and link again, did not link itself). Now the mac is linked but not to my dropbox from the restore, it created a new, second folder and tries to sync…

I installed the mac dropbox update and the application began indexing my files. It has now been stuck for the last few days. I can only access some files. Many are now only available through dropbox.com and not in my app. If I add files to dropbox.com they are added to the indexing queue of the desktop app, but no progress…

Fixed in this update: * Fixed issue where the Dropbox tray menu is unresponsive on Ubuntu 23.04 and up. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer (32 Bit) Offline Installer (64 Bit) Offline Installer (ARM64) Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon)…

Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes including the following: Features in this update: * Added a notification for Windows if an external drive with a Dropbox folder is ejected. Fixed in this update: * Fixed camera uploads on macOS 15 for File Allocation Table…

So it started with a 4k Video I had on my iPhone, synced it to Dropbox on the phone -> then my Windows 10 tried to sync it on my PC obviously. Sync stuck and the whole Windows Explorer always crashed after 2-3min from a Windows 10 start! I had to deinstall Dropbox and moved the whole box on my PC from an internal HDD drive…

I recently just did migration assistant and am using a new laptop. same type as before. My external hard drive (g-drive) worked on dropbox before. However, now it does not ask me if i want to back up the device when i plug it in. there apparently is NO manual way to do it either??? I think i should note that i recently…

This new file system for teams is absolutely awful and workflow-destroying. We can no longer create new folders or move folders on the root of the dropbox. That such a basic feature. Whenever I want to to move folders from the root I have to copy them and then delete the old one, all via the web interface, this is far…

This is a problem since I cannot locate the most recent folders out of thousands easily. I use Drive for other backup items and it doesn't change my dates. Please fix this issue. I've seen others on the Community requesting the same fix.