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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!

     

Alain Church's avatar
Alain Church
Collaborator | Level 8
5 months ago

Thanks for the solution!!!

My 2c : 

A) It's a stupid answer "it's not Dropbox  fault" because of B), C)

B) When you uninstall Dropbox, the pesky "Status column" doesn't keep reappearing.

C) Managing a "unknown" side-effects  option [undocumented] but present in Dropbox Install, solve the issue

You post as a "solution"   A)  instead of C)


( the software i GOOD, support is bleah ! )

vladgasan's avatar
vladgasan
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5 months ago

Hi Alain Church​,

Thanks for brining this up! Uninstalling Dropbox can indeed help - if the Status column doesn't appear after you've reinstalled Dropbox it's likely that the newly reinstalled version doesn't include the Cloud Files update. Unfortunately, it will only provide a temporary fix since your Dropbox will eventually update to Windows Cloud Files sync engine, and the Status column will be managed by Windows.

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