Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox 👨💻? Find out how to check here.
Forum Discussion
BobSmith3
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
how to rename dropbox root folder?
There is a post about this from 2015 with replies up to 2019 but the reply button is greyed out, hence I'm creating a new thread.
I'm guessing Dropbox couldn't be bothered to find a solution so...
Rich
Super User II
4 years ago
BobSmith3 wrote:
My question here: "Has anybody found a way to rename the root dropbox folder?????"
The root folder cannot be renamed. It's simply not possible. Create a symlink called Dropbox and point it to the newly renamed folder.
BobSmith3
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
That doesn't solve the problem as it defeats the object of having the same path as it used to be.
Path it used to be: Dropbox
New stupid path: xyz Dropbox
New path with symlink: Dropbox/xyz Dropbox
I found a solution:
it turns out xyz is the [team name] that you can find in Dropbox settings on the admin side of the website.
Do THIS:
Renaming the team name in dropbox settings to 'Dropbox'.
(I luckily found this out after a lot of digging. Now I just need to find out how & when dropbox's folder name will update itself...)
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!