Store offline files on SD card on Android devices

[PaulF7619]

I have an ASUS ZenPad 8 running Android 6.0 and right now I'm running Dropbox on the internal memory.  This works great but I'm using up ~4.5Gb of internal storage.  I'd like to run Dropbox on my 128Gb microSD in the tablet but don't know how to do this.

I can (and did) do this on my Window's desktop but that was relatively easy, basically just changing the location call for Dropbox from my C: Drive to the 😧 Drive.

How do I do this in an Android system?

[Walter]

This idea has been closed as it has reached the end of the Share an Idea process.

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[Keith R.10]

This is really frustrating. I have a Box account as well as a paid for Dropbox one. I acquired the 50Gb lifetime  on Box years ago as part of a promotion and keep specific parts of my older research material in Box. I have more data relating to other projects in dropbox . On my new Android tablet (Samsung S5e) it was a simple instruction to move Box to run on the microSD card.  it works, meaning that I can keep quite a chunk of material on my 128GB card without overloading the 64MB on the tablet.

How can I achieve the same result for Dropbox. Truly frustrating.

[bteitler]

This seems like an obvious option.  Upvoted.

[ITConsultingAfrica]

Upvoted. 

[JohnTaylorHK]

I have been.asking for this.for a.number of YEARS! Dropbox is the largest app on my phone, consuming a good deal of ROM space. No other app that I have on my phone has this deficiency. I have neber been givem a reason as to why it is unsolvable by Dropbox techies.

[Kevin000]

I belive this used to be a feature. 

Can we please have synced Dropbox storage on an SD card? 

That is where the space is on my android device. And, it could be an encrypted folder. 

Thanks

[richosubs]

This is horrible, how hard can it be ?  I have spotify that stores data on my SD card.  Leaving dropbox, there are other services.

[PaulF7619]

I reported this issue, AGAIN, to Dropbox Customer Service and also have attempted to send an email on this issue to the President of Dropbox, Inc.  I encourage ALL of YOU to contact Customer Service.  Maybe if they hear enough voices they'll start to listen.

[Watashidesu]

Hmm. Seems like it is time I move myself away from dropbox and look for a cloud provider that will allow for me to sync offline files to my SD card. It should NOT have to be an export to SD. I already am annoyed with the fact that I can't have my computer use my NAS folders for storage. There are just too many limitations with dropbox anymore. 

[Cuasimingo]

Years go by and Dropbox users still can't sync files to SD card in Android. Looks hopeless... Unfortunately, at this point migrating to another platform now would be cumbersome. I would however not recommend Dropbox to heavy Android users. 

[antonfries]

Upvoted. Im gonna try drop sync now and if this doesn't work well, im going to another cloud provider...