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Hani Ouf's avatar
Hani Ouf
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Add option to hide sync status icon in the desktop app on Windows

Many times I share my screen in meeting and i don't want the participants to know that I'm syncing to Dropbox. So if you can add an option whether to hide or show 'sync status icon' in the desktop fi...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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2 years ago

Hi Hani Ouf, thanks for posting today.

 

If you pause the Dropbox desktop application, does this stop the sync icons from showing up?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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