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Amy
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5 months ago

Emojis in filenames are finally here! 🥳

Hey everyone! We’ve got some exciting news - Dropbox now supports way more characters in filenames and folders! Emojis are now supported across all surfaces, and it’s available to everyone! That mean...
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hottiehandmade
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2 months ago

Hi Amy​,

I am still having some trouble syncing my files that have emojis in the file name. Are you able to provide a list of emojis that are now accepted? I just installed Dropbox and therefore have the newest version and am unsure if I need to do anything addition to that for this feature to work. Thank you!

Rich's avatar
Rich
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2 months ago
hottiehandmade wrote:

I am still having some trouble syncing my files that have emojis in the file name.

What is the filename length, including the full path starting at the drive letter? For example, the following would have a filename length of 98 characters, including the extra null character at the end.

C:\Users\Username\Dropbox\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Folder4\TST2019009H0123-00231 1600px square.jpg

 

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    hottiehandmade
    New member | Level 2
    2 months ago

    Hi Rich​ 

    Here is an example with the filename length of 71 characters including extra null character at the end

    C:\Users\kneeo\Dropbox\Apps\remotely-save\The Pocket Realm\Untitled.md

     

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
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      2 months ago
      hottiehandmade wrote:

      Here is an example with the filename length of 71 characters including extra null character at the end

      Thanks for that. I was wondering if you were hitting the filename length limit that exists in Windows, and emojis complicate that as they count as two characters each.

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      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
      2 months ago

      Just to check, could you try removing the null character at the end of the file name to see if this helps?

      Alternatively, have you tried enabling the flexible file name feature?

      • hottiehandmade's avatar
        hottiehandmade
        New member | Level 2
        2 months ago

        Removing the space does not change anything and flexible file name is already enabled.

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