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Swe T.'s avatar
Swe T.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
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How to Clear or Remove the Recent file list in mobile apps

I want to clear all the Recent file list, there has no clear function please advise how to clear the list. Thanks & regards Swe Tin
Mobile
Third Party Integrations
  • Sam DBX's avatar
    Sam DBX
    2 years ago
    Hi everybody,
     
    We’d like to provide an update on this topic:
     
    Keep in mind that you can completely hide the Recents section with the new modular home layout on mobile:
     
    1. Open the Dropbox mobile app.
    2. Tap the customize icon (artist palette) 🎨
    3. To add or remove a default section, tap the toggle next to Recents, Starred, Camera Uploads, 4. Viewed links, Shared, or Offline.
    5. Tap Save to save your changes.
     
    You can find more info in here.
     
    Also, based on your comments, our team is working on improving the recents list update (when an item is deleted remotely). Thank you for sharing your feedback on this.
     
    We'll keep you in the loop for future features related to this.
    Sam 
Albert G.6's avatar
Albert G.6
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Tarjei, this is all a total waste of time. This topic has been open now for over a year. Absolutely no-one at Dropbox has taken any notice - this for something absolutely trivial to fix. All people here have been asking for an OPTION to DISABLE the display of the RECENT FILE LIST. Not to remove the list, not to remove it by default. Just give us a knob we could set so it does not get displayed. Zero risk to existing customers. Trivial to implement.

Since this is a community forum run by and operated by Dropbox, our collective conclusion is that  (1) either no-one at Dropbox bothers reading what we say or (2) someone does read us, but they just don't care.

I suspect you can tweet as much as you can but will not get any answer at all.

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