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Can't open .msg files directly from Dropbox on iPhone.
Has the Dropbox Tech Team made any progress on this facility since 2019?It would be a huge help to be able to open Dropbox on my iphone and ipad when I am travelling and do not have access to my laptop. I save a lot of emails (.msg) into Dropbox folders but cannot access them. In 4 years it would be good to think the Tech…
can't find scanned documents from phone
I used to have no issues with finding my mobile scanned documents on my dropbox. As of today...I can't find them on my dropbox account. Where are they? Where are they going after I save? What am I not doing. I know how to scan from the mobile phone and it's saving but then what?
Select an image for Dropbox Password Icon
Please, I would like to be able to select an image to my passwords instead of the name initials (similar like Authy), or just use a default image from the meta icon of the website. It looks ugly some passwords with image and the rest with initials, a bit inconsistent. Thank you for supporting ❤️
Dropbox on Android and KeepassDX leads to database overwrite with empty file
I have a .kdbx file in my dropbox that I use on Android with KeepassDX. Every now and then, the file is overwritten by a 0B empty file. I first suspected a bug in KeepassDX (reported here), but it seems to be a problem with Dropbox.
Dropbox no longer overwriting files
A few days ago, Dropbox stopped overwriting files when I edit and re-save them. Now, every time I edit one of my files on iPad and save to Dropbox, it creates a new file ending in (1). It used to simply update the file. I've tried re-installing dropbox and Illustrator (the app I'm saving from), but it hasn't worked. I've…
Hide Android status bar in landscape mode
When I view my photos in landscape mode, the status bar on the top of the phone's display won't go away. Is there a way to hide it?
Delete content only on my phone, not in Dropbox. How to do that?
Hello. Dropbox free. I have set automatic upload of photoes taken from smartphone to dropbox. 1) reviewing the pictures in dropbox, I want to delete some of them, but only from dropbox, not from my phone. how to do? 2) I created a folder shared with my daughter. If she (or I) deletes some pictures from dropbox, I do not…
New Scan Improvements for Android
Hi, my name is Amanda and I work on the Mobile app at Dropbox! My team and I just rolled out new improvements to the Scan experience for Android users! With these changes you'll be able to more easily: * Scan multiple files * Edit scanned files and add color filters * Retake scans Check out the new experience and let us…
How can I list all my offline files on Android app?
How can I list all my offline files on Android app? The menu option seems to have disappeared in the latest App update.
I have a raw photo on my iPhone, that I need to upload to Dropbox, but the MB change.
Hi. New here. I have a raw photo from my iPhone that I want to share with someone. When I transfer it over to Dropbox it goes from 87MB to 16MB. How do I upload and transfer the whole photo?
using Numbers on iphone
When I open an Excel file on my iPhone it only opens in Excel but I want to open it in Numbers. How do I change the settings?
iPhone and iPad dropbox app not updating.
I have been using dropbox on my iPhone 2021 and iPad 2021, without any issues for years. In the last month I have been having problems with files and folders updating. I have downloaded the latest iPhone app and resigned in. But new folders are missing and files are missing. Also I have clicked the folder as 'make…
not all camera uploads not showing in photos iphone app
Hi Not all, but some of my camera uploads from my iphone are showing in the photos section of the app and online. I use the ios app as normal and it shows that they are uploading. They all upload into the camera uploads section but only a few of them are showing in the photos section. I have deleted and re-downloaded the…
How do I hide the sidebar/list column on the left side of the iPad app? Cannot find that option
How do I hide the sidebar? In the iPad app? The current one as of the date of this posting? I cannot find that option anywhere, and if it’s incredibly obvious and I’m overlooking it I will be upset with myself
Can’t preview files on mobile iOS
I opened my Dropbox today and I’m unable to view any files on the app or online. I tried both on my iPad Pro and my iPhone but no luck. I reinstalled the app too but nothing helped. What is going on? It says I need to view them on a computer but I don’t have a computer! I’ve never had this problem before. I’m on a family…
Transferring files from SD card in Galaxy Tab S7 to Dropbox
Hello, While on holiday, I occasionally uploaded the contents of my camera SD card to the SD card in my Tablet. Twice now, I have started transferring the files to Dropbox but come across this problem. I select My files/Edit/Select All and click Share, which appears below. At first, a pop-up appears on the right giving me…
Can't edit Microsoft files using the mobile app. I'm getting an error, that there was a bug.
Dropbox keeps crashing every time I try and edit a file - it won't open it and after a couple of attempts it says the app has closed because it has a bug
Annotating PDFs on Dropbox App
Now that we can annotate PDFs on the web through Freeform drawling and markup, I’d like the ability to do the same with my Apple pencil on my iPad via the Dropbox app
Files being downloaded that already are downloaded
I have been using Dropbox for years and have changed my mobile phone several times with no problem however last December I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S9 to a Samsung Galaxy S21 and took some pictures and when I started to download them to Dropbox although I had only selected the most recent files what happened was that all…
Trying to move everything out of Dropbox to iCloud. Where are these files stored?
Trying to move everything out of Dropbox to iCloud. Using hotspot from iPhone to PC. Anything over a few kb throws a “network error”. Moved to my iPad (hot spot there too). Tried “make available off line” for a few files/photos, took hours but did not throw a network error. So WHERE did it store those at? As said, my goal…
Can’t select and export multiple files in the Dropbox app?
Hey everyone, Just recently switched to iPhone and I’m a little appalled at how hard it is to use the Dropbox app. As far as I can tell, there is no way to select all files at once in a folder (not even by dragging to select or anything)? Right now I am trying to use Dropbox to move all my photos from my android phone to…
File names abbreviated in landscape mode
Hi, my file names remain abbreviated to portrait mode width even when I turn my phone to landscape mode. Is this a know bug. Help, this is a major, major pain. Thanks. Dave
Links won’t open in the Dropbox app
When I receive a Dropbox link through another app, e.g. Messenger, the “Get the App” or “Open in App” button appears, but if I tap it the App Store opens instead. There’s currently no way for me to open the link in the app directly. I tried re-installing but that didn’t help. I’m using an iPhone SE2.
Scans on v334.2 iOS, can’t limit size
When scanning a document from my phone, there was a setting to reduce the file size. I keep copious records and would prefer not to save a 6mb text document. Is the setting buried somewhere?
Export Option Unavailable
No Export Option Hi. Up until a week ago, I always had the 'Export' option when clicking on the ... ellipse at top right hand corner of an opened Dropbox file on my iPad and iPhone. I like to export files to iBooks so I can read then from either device. There is simply no 'Export' option able to seen or selected anymore. I…
Enable iOS Markup toolset capability from a PDF loaded from Dropbox
I’m a mature student who’s gone back to school to advance my career capacity. I’ve meticulously set up Dropbox folder structures to sort and hold my course information assets such as PDFs. While in class the other day on my iPad Pro, I went to pull up a PDF in Dropbox, to annotate. I noticed my options were to use the…
Excel worksheet not displaying correctly.
Hello I’m using Dropbox app version 334.2.2 on an IPad eith IOS 16.5.1 Since 2 weeks ago when selecting an Excel file from the Dropbox home page, I notice the “Open” button is missing, and the formatting of the Excel sheet is not correct (ghost links to create a calendar event are embedded in random cells, fonts in other…
Adding Dropbox to my files manually, using Android.
I wanted to add a network storage such as this app i.e., Dropbox with my samsung my files in my Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE. For this I would require certain details. I have searched here and there but failed. Please help me with this as this would ease my work as a student. Details required are:
Android: auto-update version of the opened file
Hi the community, I use Samsung tablets (Android) in our bulldozers on which we've got Dropbox installed. On them, our workers received a secured Excel file updated each time a truck is incoming or outgoing of our yard. By the past, when the file was opened and the device was in sleep mode, we just have to wake the device…
Larger thumbnails for mobile.
Option for larger thumbnails. Trying to find a picture using a phone is ridiculously difficult. I don’t care about the details of a file, I want to see the picture.

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