Dropbox greyed out on IOS 13

From what I've read, apps that are greyed out in that list do not yet support the capability.

So I am guessing it must be an IOS 13 thing? 

Still on iOS 12 on my iPad without issues. 

Hopefully Dropbox updates and/or apple allows downloads like before.

I tried to set Dropbox to be used for Safari downloads. However when I go to select Dropbox in system preferences it is greyed out.

Any ideas? Is this something that requires an update from Dropbox? Or does Apple only allow downloads to go to iCloud Drive?

Welcome to the Dropbox Community Scott W.1!

So that I can have a better understanding, can you just confirm for me if you're trying to do this on Safari on a mobile device or a computer? Also, when you're trying to change the downloads location, can you send me a screenshot (excluding any personal info) of where you see Dropbox greyed out?

Since you mentioned only being able to download to the iCloud location, it sounds like you might be referring to a mobile. If that's the case, can you see if you're able to change the location to your local device storage?

Let me know what you find and we'll go from there - thanks! 

Yes on iOS. With iOS 13 you can download files with Safari.   In the Settings App on the iPhone you can specify a location to where downloads are saved.  You will notice from the screenshot below the Dropbox provider is greyd out.

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thewallin wrote:

So I am guessing it must be an IOS 13 thing?

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Seems to be, and it's not just Dropbox. None of my other cloud services are available and some that are enabled in Files don't even show up. Only the device itself, iCloud and ShellFish (SFTP access to my own server) are available to select.

Best guess is that this is an iOS issue unrelated to Dropbox, and Apple will need to correct it.

Just updated phone to 13.1, same issue. Dropbox greyed out. 
Also updated IPad to Ipad Os 13 and now the ipad has the same issue. Lovely :)

You can still save to Dropbox; you just can't set it as the default location at the moment.

Long-press the link to the file and select Share to bring up the share sheet. Choose Save to Dropbox from the list and you'll be able to select where you want to save the file in Dropbox.

For some linked files that I download the "share" options doesn't work. I can do it but the files download incorrect. 

My workaround is to download the file locally on iPhone/iPad and then go into files app and copy to Dropbox. For some reason file is correct then. 

SCREENSHOT CAPTION: notice lack of other options

Since the release of iOS 13.1, it is no longer possible to download certain file types directly to a chosen Dropbox folder. Instead, Mobile Safari downloads the files directly to the new iCloud Downloads folder without asking or offering other options. This makes it extremely cumbersome to then go to the Apple Files app, locate the file in the iCloud Downloads folder, export it and finally resave it to the desired dropbox folder. (And finally delete it from iCloud if you don't want a duplicate hanging around.)

Has anyone found a way around this yet?

I would like to continue to tap downloads of all types in Safari and have the option to save them to a chosen Dropbox folder.

Thanks in advance for any solutions or suggestions.