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Authentech
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6 years ago
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Search doesn't find all results.

Searching for folders which are clearly there returns no results. I am searching for a specific word which is part of multiple folders but they do not all appear in the results. If I search multi...
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    Authentech
    6 years ago

    So it's actually started working now.

    Perhaps it was a delay in indexing at Dropbox side?

    Seems odd though, it doesn't usually take very long and this was all day.

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Walter
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6 years ago

Thanks for keeping us in the loop here Authentech.

 

Could you post a screenshot of a folder on your computer that's not coming up in the website's search bar so we can have a visual too? 

Authentech's avatar
Authentech
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

So it's actually started working now.

Perhaps it was a delay in indexing at Dropbox side?

Seems odd though, it doesn't usually take very long and this was all day.

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