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bflay's avatar
bflay
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

Can I remove the "your activity" files?

It seem impossible to imagine but apparently Dropbox has decided that recent activity/files in recent activity are now permanently viewable until replaced by more recent activity.  Really?  I hope I'm wrong.  Dropbox started out as uniquely user friendly and easy to use.  I've watched that disappear over the years.  It's becoming every bit the arrogant, controlling, short sighted and customer unfriendly type of site that it once stood out from.  Again, if anyone has different information, please share.  I'm truly hoping I'm wrong.  

7 Replies

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    10 months ago

    Hey bflay, thanks for joining the Dropbox Community.

     

    Sorry to hear about your experience.

     

    Are you talking about the "suggested from your activity" section on our website?

     

    Would you mind sending us a screenshot of what you're referring to, so we can have a visual?

     

    Thanks in advance.

  • PoweredUp's avatar
    PoweredUp
    New member | Level 1
    5 months ago

    This is from the DropBox icon in the system tray.
    No way to clear it out. Stays forever.

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 months ago

    Hey PoweredUp. If you hover over these files, there’s still not an option to remove them from your desktop app’s activity, correct? 

    What if you restart your computer instead?

  • PoweredUp's avatar
    PoweredUp
    New member | Level 1
    5 months ago

    No option to remove and pc has been restarted many times...

     

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 months ago

    Hey PoweredUp, thanks for the screenshots!

    At the moment, it's not possible to remove content that shows up under your activity. 

    Your feedback regarding this has been very valuable and I will endeavor to make sure your voice is heard.

    I will pass on your comments to the relevant departments so that we can further improve our product.

    If you need something else, please let me know and I will be more than happy to help every step of the way. 

  • lembas's avatar
    lembas
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 months ago

    I also think it is very annoying and disappointing that you would add something like this without the possibility to choose to change it. I don't want certain files to be seen by other people who might be viewing my screen, as I have several sensitive documents I work with and sometimes access on Dropbox. Please bring back the user friendly interface you used to have, without forcing these changes on us for no apparent reason. 

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