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Patrick Thomas
Helpful | Level 6
13 days ago

Why did the "request files" option get removed from the right-click options in the Dropbox folder?

Can someone provide some sort of explanation why the (Dropbox) 'Request files' function has disappeared from the drop-down menu (Mac). The function is still possible, but now it is buried away and (as far as I can establish) only accessible via a browser. This really makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. If anyone could enlighten me about this "develpoment" I would be very grateful. Thank you

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    Rich
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    13 days ago
    Patrick Thomas wrote:

    The function is still possible, but now it is buried away and (as far as I can establish) only accessible via a browser.

    That's correct. The feature is now only available through the Dropbox website.

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