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emcphotography
3 months agoNew member | Level 1
Finding specific types of files only
I would love to the feature where we could do a search for only specific files but not based on titles, names or tag. Based purely on the kind of file it is. For example, only .jpeg or .jpg, only .ep...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
3 months agoHi emcphotography, thanks for messaging the Community!
Does the search bar on the Dropbox site, desktop app or mobile app not work when searching for file types?
For instance, typing *.gif will bring up all GIF files on your account, and then any mentions of the word GIF.
This will help me to assist further!
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