Forum Discussion

Swe T.'s avatar
Swe T.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
Solved

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
Notifications
  • Sam DBX's avatar
    Sam DBX
    3 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 
Jessie M.'s avatar
Jessie M.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Rich R. said: Bonus space earned through promotions from mobile devices and other purchases (Samsung, HTC, Dell, HP, etc.) have never been advertised as permanent. They all have time limitations which are explained in the terms for each promotion. For example, bonuses earned by purchasing a Samsung device lasted two years.

"Bonus space" seems like a silly concept except for people with extremely transient file systems which are replaced before they take up too much room. Anyone who wants decent storage isn't going to want to sign up for space that gets taken away later , forcing the deletion of the user's files. My files are currently being moved to Google drive, an easy drag and drop process, and I get 15 GB without having to so-called "earn" the limit through additional purchases, and it isn't a promotional limit (although they could of course reduce it in future). Dropbox is dropping the ball on this one. Anyway I'm going to unsubscribe from this thread and delete my account after the transfer is complete.

About Settings and Preferences

The Dropbox Community is here to help if you have questions about your account settings and preferences. Learn and share advice with members.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!