Shorten link not working

[Jonathan R.32]

 Hi there!  All of a sudden, the shorten link feature in my public folder is not working - not that the link won't work - it won't shorten it anymore.

Any help would be appreciated - thanks!

[Jonny S.1]

Same problem here, it seems quite a few people still want this feature. It's how I send links to clients, I'd rather not have to shorten the link in bit.ly - get this sorted Dropbox!

[Joshua D.4]

same problem here.  Please fix this feature.

[Marcos G.4]

What happened to the Dropbox's developers ?

Isn't it taking too long to be fixed ou, at least, explained?

[Rob D.19]

Zero updates to my ticket from 12 days ago. Only acknowledgement was a generic "self-service" return mail from the Zendesk ticket system about a day after I created the ticket.

[Jeff B.37]

Monday * Sept. 12th * Still not working ...

[bestdesi t.]

+1 (not working)

[David C.196]

I really use this feature quite often --- The Google URL shortener won't shorten Dropbox links....goo.gl

[John T.37]

Same here too.  I use this feature lots.  The only way I can exit the page is to use the back button on the browser

[Rob D.19]

Another week of silence on my ticket. 

[Rich]

Btw, I think this relates only to the public folder - which I think no longer exists on new versions, is that correct?

Correct. The Public folder is a deprecated feature, replaced by share links which can be created to any file or folder and not restricted to a single location. Newly created accounts (after October 2012, I believe) don't have a Public folder, and only Pro or Business accounts have the ability to create one (and I wouldn't expect that to last either).