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"Clear History" button for "Recents".

"Clear History" button for "Recents".

JSD2K
New member | Level 2

Some people deal with confidential files and use Dropbox for these. It would be very useful to allow people the option to clear their "Recent" files at will to allow more privacy and discretion. 

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Megan
Dropbox Staff

This idea has been closed due to inactivity and can no longer be voted for.

 

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Status changed to: Closed
49 Comments
Jeremy M.10
Helpful | Level 5

Yeah, this is waaaaay to invasive for me.  In my opinion it's stupid that it can't be turned off, and insane that it can't even be cleared.  It's also a feature I've *never* used on any platform/service including DropBox, Windows Explorer (both home and at the office), mac OS, and Microsoft Office.  In the very rare instances where I need to regularly access a file over along period of time I'll either pin it or make a shortcut.

 

I'm going to be canceling my subscription once I find a service that at a minimum allows me to clear viewed file history.   

Anonymous2000
New member | Level 2

It truly is a disappointment that this issue still exists.  I am currently looking into options to replace DropBox for my entire corporation, and abandon it completely.

 

F.Y.I.:  I know of two other, much larger corporations, that are preparing to do the same thing (abandon DropBox), for the very same reason.  You should listen to your PAYING customers...  We do NOT want this feature forced upon us.  We want the ability to CLEAR IT whenever we want, AND the ability to disable it in such a way that it no longer tracks activity unless we tell it to start again (with no record of any activity before we tell it to start again).

Anonymous2000
New member | Level 2

It truly is a disappointment that this issue still exists.  I am currently looking into options to replace DropBox for my entire corporation, and abandon it completely.

 

F.Y.I.:  I know of two other, much larger corporations, that are preparing to do the same thing (abandon DropBox), for the very same reason.  You should listen to your PAYING customers...  We do NOT want this feature forced upon us.  We want the ability to CLEAR IT whenever we want, AND the ability to disable it in such a way that it no longer tracks activity unless we tell it to start again (with no record of any activity before we tell it to start again).

gggwood
New member | Level 2

This is a vital privacy issue. Let me turn it off.

If I need to Find Some Recent File™, give me a search option.

sharty
Explorer | Level 4

I'm not really sure why Dropbox is directing me to reply to this message.  Do they count traffic on the subject to decide what they want to mark important?

At this time, when I am working almost exclusivly from home, I do not want Dropbox snooping through my most recent files.  For other apps that do, do this, there is a clear button.  If Microsoft can protect ones privacy in this manner, surely the Dropbox people can.

AlbertoVillar
Explorer | Level 4

I'm here again. That "recently used files" feature (to name it positively) was added at some point in time and for a reason, which seems to be gathering usage information maybe to feed their behaviour models. Now, in order to keep our privacy, we need to get more people involved; more votes; more time spent. My questions for @Daphne are "how many more users do you need?", "Are you (Dropbox) expecting 1 million, 1 thousand, 1 hundred or tens of entries in this thread?". Adding a configuration toggle to select if we want to see recent entries or not, it's so easy and simple that the fact you "need more people" is an evident excuse to avoid taking immediate action.

AlvaroVillar
Explorer | Level 3

Yeah! My cousin asked me to adhere to this cause. You dropbox are against our privacy when you potentially let everybody know about the files we used. Please remove that feature.

AlfonsoVillar
New member | Level 2

It's difficult to explain how angry I feel when I open my laptop at customer site and let all the neighbourhood know about my projects and other customer, as I tend to use descriptive file names ... I guess as almost everybody. I have started looking for some other solutions and also have stopped recommending dropbox.

AlfredoVillar
New member | Level 2

This is my grain of sand in order to achieve the critical mass that Dropbox require in order to remove the bad things they added. Dropbox: please respect us, the users. Remove history or hide it.

AlonsoVillar
New member | Level 2

From all what I read I understand that Dropbox is another information collector. They act as Whatsapp, Facebook (now the owner :-)), Google, to name some. Please stop this attack and stay apart from those that sell "cheap" environments at the price of collecting private and confidential information.

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