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Vetsiplops
10 months agoNew member | Level 1
Page isn't loading when opening a file in "Excel for the web" on Safari
Hi - I'm hoping someone can help me. We've been using dropbox for a while and it's been going swimmingly, but in the recent few months there has been a change. When I open an excel document it used to open in 'Excel for the web' and was easily editable, but recently it's stopped loading properly.
I'm trying to open it using Safari browser (my friend who is using Microsoft software isn't having the same issue), and now instead of the file loading it looks like this, but never loads:
Can anyone help? I've restarted my computer and installed any updates.
Many thanks.
22 Replies
- Hannah10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Vetsiplops, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Really helpful screenshot, too.
Can you try to open the same files from a different browser like Google Chrome or Firefox, to see if you get a different behavior?
Let me know what you find!
- Vetsiplops10 months agoNew member | Level 1
Hi Hannah.
Thanks so much for responding! I've downloaded google chrome onto my laptop and it seems to open fine in that, but this isn't really a solution for me.
I'd much rather remove chrome and continue using safari, as it seems a bit ridiculous to have a different web browser just to make my dropbox documents work. Do you know whether this is a temporary issue, or something that can be fixed? Surely I'm not the only dropbox person trying to open excel files on an Apple product?
Many thanks for your help.
- Walter10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Vetsiplops - did you make sure that this is not caused by a plugin or an extension by testing it out on a private browsing window of Safari?
Also, are you running the most up to date version of your web browser(s)?
- Vetsiplops10 months agoNew member | Level 1
Hi Walter.
I have checked that there are no outstanding updates, so I'm pretty sure I'm running the most up to date version of safari.
I looked up how to open a private window in safari and tried and got the same problem as originally, but here's a screen shot incase that's helpful:
Thanks again for your help.
- Walter10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for the screenshot and the additional information too Vetsiplops
I'm not sure if that would make a change, but have you tried disconnecting the Excel for web integration from your account's connected apps tab and re-connecting it anew?
- Vetsiplops10 months agoNew member | Level 1
Hi Walter.
I've tried going into the connected apps tab, but can't see a disconnect and reconnect option.
Am I in the right place?(if it's easier to talk to me I'm on [Removed as per Community Guidelines])
- Jay10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
HI Vetsiplops, on that page in the section labelled 'View Dropbox content', do you see any of the Microsoft apps in order to disconnect them, like in this image below?

- htamm10 months agoNew member | Level 1
Hi Vetsiplops,
I have a similar issue, have you been able to fix it following on the microsoft office online disconnect?
Thx
- Walter10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey htamm - sorry to hear about this. Could you elaborate on the issue you're having so that we can assist further? Have you tried any troubleshooting steps so far?
- htamm10 months agoNew member | Level 1
Thx Walter - i've tried everything for the past few days, just did the msft online office disconnect, but still excel loading in a doom loop
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