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We previously had the ability to request files directly from Windows File Explorer, but that functionality has been removed. We rely heavily on this feature, and its removal has already made our workflow more cumbersome.
Currently, to request files online, we have to navigate into a folder, click an obscure settings icon, select “Add folder,” and then find “Request files” within that menu. This multi-step process is unnecessarily inefficient.
While there is a prominent “Request files” button at on your requests page, using it requires scrolling through hundreds (or even thousands) of folders to locate the correct destination, which is not practical.
Could you please add a clearly visible “Request files” button or option directly on each folder’s page? Having this available at the folder level would significantly improve usability and efficiency.
4 Comments
- Rich
Super User II
So I just tried getting into dropbox.com on my iphone and i was able to send a file request, but not thru the iphone app, which I thought I did last year....am I missing something?
File Requests are now handle solely through the Dropbox website.
So I just tried getting into dropbox.com on my iphone and i was able to send a file request, but not thru the iphone app, which I thought I did last year....am I missing something?
I am also having problems sending file requests from my iPad and iPhone on which I have the apps installed. I now have to go to my PC (Windows 11) and start the file transfer and then go to my iPad or iPhone and copy the link and send. This is generating two folders in Dropbox "File Transfer folder. It worked gloriously last year but I do not have a File Transfer for the Apple app that I have found.
- Neal
Community Manager
Status changed:NewtoOpenHi Car1don2,
Thanks for sharing this with the Dropbox Community.
I think there's a reasonable case to be made here to implement in a file request button.
Let's open this up for the community to add their support.
