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Alfred01's avatar
Alfred01
Helpful | Level 6
9 months ago
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How can I disable the status column on Windows?

Dear Madam/Sir, I have a paid subscription of Dropbox and as a professional writer I use mainly Explorer and Microsoft Office with hundreds of different files and documents. I am orientated to the ...
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  • vladgasan's avatar
    vladgasan
    9 months ago

    Hi Alfred01,

    Thanks for reaching out! The Status column is now managed by Windows as part of recent changes to file sync behavior, hence, Dropbox cannot disable it. If you'd like to learn more about these updates and how they affect Dropbox, check out this article: Expected changes with Dropbox for Windows update. 

    Let us know if you have any other questions!

     

Alfred01's avatar
Alfred01
Helpful | Level 6
9 months ago

You convinced me that the status column is controlled by Windows Cloud Files API, not Dropbox.

As far as deselecting Status in Detailed View: I can uncheck Status and it does hide. However, when I move to another file and go back to where I was, the Status column is back again. Never mind, I am always using List View anyway. With a not-wanted Sync column behind the file names, but I can live with that. Much more important is: since using Dropbox, I never lost a file and syncing always works smoothly.

Thanks for your answer.

dm1231's avatar
dm1231
Explorer | Level 4
7 months ago

Yes I have exactly the same issue - you can hide the column but when you go back into that folder it keeps reappearing - its very annoying - it may not be dropboxes fault but its defaintely an issue with windows explorer and the cloud files api.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    7 months ago
    dm1231 wrote:

    you can hide the column but when you go back into that folder it keeps reappearing

    This is a Windows issue and not related to Dropbox. Look into setting your default columns and applying them to all folders. It's a Windows setting.

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