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I'm missing the "Sync history" tab from my desktop app
Clicking the dropbox icon in my taskbar used to bring up something that would show all files that had been synced, and when they were synced, no matter what kind of file it was or which computer uploaded the file. This is useful for--for example--verifying that a file I think I just copied over to be synced, was in fact copied over and synced. Now the part that did that was removed, and there's just "your activity", which does not provide the same information, and just seems to decide arbitrarily which files are "important enough" for it to show. How do I configure it so that "your activity" shows ALL files that were synced, in chronological order?
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- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi there Xindaris - welcome to the Community!
I don't believe this is possible at the moment, but can you please send us a screenshot of what you're referring to so that we can make sure we're on the same page?
Also, what is your computer's OS version and the status and version of the Dropbox desktop app installed there?
Let us know more and we'll take it from there.
Here's my best attempt to illustrate what I mean. For example, I'm syncing "history.db" from freetube here. I put it in the folder, and it shows its upload progress:
But then the file disappears from the history:
Before, "sync history" would still show the file after it finished uploading, not have it vanish like that.
Dropbox preferences say "v200.4.7134" in the bottom right corner; I'm not sure what you mean by "status". This behavior is identical across two of my computers, one running windows 10 and the other windows 11.
It says "Your files are up to date".
@Nancy No . It's perfectly clear: there is NO 'sync history' tab.
Help centre:
How to change the order your files and folders sync in
- Click the Dropbox icon in your taskbar (Windows) or menu bar (Mac).
- Click the Sync history tab near the top.
- Dropbox Backup users will see Sync and backups instead
I see neither.
All I have is 'Your folders are up to date'. 'You activity' shows one file added yesterday and files 'viewed' in the last 7 days, completely ignoring a bunch of files up/downloaded today and in the last 7 days.
BenDBXCommunity Manager
Hi Everybody,
Thanks for pointing this out. There was a change in a recent update to the Dropbox Desktop client that removed the sync history tab. You can view actively syncing files and change their sync order in the "Your activity" tab, but sync history is no longer displayed.
We will change the Help Center article to reflect this recent change.
Thanks,
Ben
Rather than "change the Help Center article", revert the change to the Dropbox Desktop client…
