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Gwillewyn
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
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Is there a way to edit the Windows context menu?

I know that I can remove Dropbox from the context menu entirely in regedit, but I don't want that.  I want to just remove some of the items on it and only keep "Copy Dropbox link" and "View on Dropbox.com".

Alternatively turn it into a submenu so that it doesn't show all those options every time I right-click a file.

There's so much clutter I don't need!

  • Hey Gwillewyn, thanks for posting!

    It isn't currently possible to change the context menu items for Dropbox.

    While there isn't much I could suggest here as a workaround for this, we do have a request for this in our dedicated area of the Community here.

    If you'd like to, you can show your support for this idea by giving it a vote.

    Sorry that I can't be of much more help with this, but please let me know if you have any questions!

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  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 years ago
    Hey Gwillewyn, thanks for posting!

    It isn't currently possible to change the context menu items for Dropbox.

    While there isn't much I could suggest here as a workaround for this, we do have a request for this in our dedicated area of the Community here.

    If you'd like to, you can show your support for this idea by giving it a vote.

    Sorry that I can't be of much more help with this, but please let me know if you have any questions!
  • asdfsd's avatar
    asdfsd
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    This sucks.  Let me control my experience.  Don't impose your stupid clutter.  I will now delete all dropbox shortcuts with Regedit since you won't let me select the subset I want.  

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 years ago

    asdfsd wrote:

    I will now delete all dropbox shortcuts with Regedit since you won't let me select the subset I want.  


    Dropbox will recreate them each time it updates.

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