Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox 👨‍💻? Find out how to check here.

Forum Discussion

StopMessingWithOverlayIcons's avatar
StopMessingWithOverlayIcons
Helpful | Level 7
6 years ago

Add option to disable icon overlays in Windows Explorer

Please add an option to disable Dropbox icon overlays. It is so frustrating to remove Dropbox Shell Icon identifiers from the top of ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers list after each update!  It is disres...
desktop
Setting up the apps
sync
windows
Jay's avatar
Jay
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
5 years ago
Hi everyone, as a workaround for disabling the Dropbox sync icons, you can follow the steps provided by Stargx on this post.

As a warning, please exercise extreme caution when using the Registry Editor. If you edit the registry incorrectly, serious problems might occur that could require a complete reinstall of the operating system and result in data loss. 
StopMessingWithOverlayIcons's avatar
StopMessingWithOverlayIcons
Helpful | Level 7
5 years ago

Jay why was this thread moved from "Dropbox ideas" to "Dropbox installs & integrations"? It had "In review" status

About Apps and Installations

Have a question about a Dropbox app or installation? Reach out to the Dropbox Community and get solutions, help, and advice from 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!