Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox 👨‍💻? Find out how to check here.

Forum Discussion

Steve B.19's avatar
Steve B.19
New member | Level 2
10 years ago
Solved

How can I turn off the notification sound and popup that a file has been added or deleted?

When someone sharing my Dropbox adds or deletes a file I get a tone and popup that interrupts what I'm working on.  It's particularly annoying when I'm putting on a presentation.  How can I turn this...
Share
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago
    Dropbox doesn't have notification sounds of its own. It uses the notification system of your operating system. It sends a notification to your OS, and your OS determines how to display it.
a_moral's avatar
a_moral
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

I'm having the exact opposite problem: I'm looking for a way to enable a sound notification for updated (synched) files (windows 7)! if you found a way to turn yours off, let me know so I can reverse it XD thx!

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
8 years ago
Dropbox doesn't have notification sounds of its own. It uses the notification system of your operating system. It sends a notification to your OS, and your OS determines how to display it.
  • a_moral's avatar
    a_moral
    Helpful | Level 5
    8 years ago

    Yes, I've noticed the absence of notification sounds in the dropbox software for years now even though ppl have been asking for them and used 3rd party software like growl to walk around this issue. Yet some users seem to have trouble with their OS sending out notifications for dropbox and as I've said, I'd be really interested in the original users post since they were using Win7 and I personally can't figure it out. 

     

    [This thread is now closed. If you have a similar or new question, you can ask here]

About Create, upload, and share

Find help to solve issues with creating, uploading, and sharing files and folders in Dropbox. Get support and advice from the Dropbox Community.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!