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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
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  • 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 
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AkPaparazzi
Helpful | Level 7
9 years ago

Thank you very much I am on it.  Just found out what is going on.  DropBox is trying to get more money out of us for the same service. I can delete the stuff I dont want as long as I update/pay more for the same product. Thank you OutSideTheBox for a great tip - I'm out-of-here, waste of money waste of time.  May have to call for legal advice to get my private documents deleted from this site for good.

EXTORTION

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OutSideTheBox
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

 I am currently using DropBox but also  NextCloud - ( which is basically OwnCloud ) 

 

Hope one of those solutions works for you. If you decide to go to a hosting service I mentioned SiteGround but I did not tell you why. A couple of reasons, they are vigorously proactive on security,  - auto updates and hardware upgrades.  They recently upgraded all of their servers to solid state drives.

 

Let us know how it works out for you.

  -  Caspian

  • Dandydanderoo's avatar
    Dandydanderoo
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    My issue is that in my laptop there is no function to remove current data from the available files on DT's list.  NOw my box is full and I can't add more without buying in to their program.  Ijust want to clean it up and re-use my space.  Why can't they have a simple solution?  Some of my files are intended for one entity and now they simply take up space.  Gimme a break!

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    9 years ago
    Dandydanderoo wrote:

    NOw my box is full and I can't add more without buying in to their program.  Ijust want to clean it up and re-use my space.

    That's a completely different issue to what this topic is discussing. Please start a new topic and we'll probably be able to help you.

     

    Some of my files are intended for one entity and now they simply take up space.

    If you're referring to a shared folder, then please read this help article.

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