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Torsten2
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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search for partial file name across all my dropbox folders or another way to tag files?

This should be so straightforward - I would like to tag certain files when I upload them, for instance with something like "$$" anywhere in their file name, so that at tax time I can easily get a lis...
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    Jay
    3 years ago

    The article I linked contains the information needed to add tags onto files. 

     

    It can only be done via the site, and not in the Dropbox desktop application or in the Finder window.

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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi Torsten2, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Have you tried tagging files on the Dropbox site in order to search for them?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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Jay
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3 years ago

The article I linked contains the information needed to add tags onto files. 

 

It can only be done via the site, and not in the Dropbox desktop application or in the Finder window.

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