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dustinfreeman
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3 years ago

I can't edit offline text files through the Dropbox mobile app on iOS

I swear this used to work some time in the last six years. I just got off a plane and saw it didn’t work. I had an offline .txt file saved in my Dropbox iOS all. It’s a notes file. I added a sing...
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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi dustinfreeman, thanks for the screenshot. When editing a plain text file on the Dropbox mobile app, you'd need to be available online in order to save the file.

 

Could you try editing the file via the iOS Files app to see if this helps?

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