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I can't rename a folder by clicking the pencil icon on the Dropbox website.
When I go to rename a folder by clicking the new pencil icon, the folder name is fully selected but I cannot unselect it. For example: I want to change the name of a folder. I click the pencil icon and click in the place where I want to make a change. The field flashes, but the text remains selected and I can't change the name. Here is a screen capture: [removed to protect your daily limit of data sharing]
Dropbox related icons on my local files, and cluttered web interface feedback.
Dropbox has become a bloated PoS. The product is terrible. Often files do not sync. Often it syncs files I do not want to be synced. Users have very little control over how the dropbox apps appear and work on their own devices. One major annoyance of mine is that the company INSISTS that the dropbox icon be pinned to the top of my file system's namespace. I do not want that **bleep** icon to appear first in my directory structure. But, you cannot delete it. I SO hate that. It is my computer, I am paying for a "service." I should have control over that. You can get rid of it temporarily, if you hack the registry but that can take hours and then it comes back at dropbox's discretion. Now the web interface is cluttered with information I do not want. The worst is the "Suggested for you" banner at the top of the screen. It takes up way too much space. And I do not want dropbox's suggestions on anything. I want to make it go away forever. Not just hide it for the session. But you cannot do that. All I want is a simple directory / file tree on line which I can manage exactly the way I do the files on my computer. So I can make new directories and write files there which later I can read. I would drop dropbox in a heartbeat, if there were such a cloud service available AND if I could transfer my files from dropbox directly to the new service. It takes a long time to download then re-upload more than a terabyte of data. I welcome any suggestions for such a product. The company, dropbox, is so very annoying with their presumptions of their importance that at some point soon I will reach the limit of my tolerance. Then I'll transfer the files even if it takes a couple of months to do it.
I have two Dropbox folders but only one syncs, and it looks empty.
Dropbox issue: I have talked with many computer consultants about the following and no one is able to resolve this. I’d appreciate any help. Also Camera Upload no longer works. 1. I have only one Dropbox account 2. I have a Dropbox folder on my PC with many files/folders that used to sync to Dropbox on the web and do no longer 3. Several months ago, a new Dropbox folder appeared out of nowhere on my PC with no contents - this empty folder alone syncs to Dropbox on the web 4. I cannot move any files/folder from my original Dropbox folder to the new one (various error messages are generated) 5. I cannot merge the new Dropbox folder nor delete it - it is connected somehow to the original Dropbox folder 6. All content from my original Dropbox folder appears on the web when accessed from the Dropbox app on my phone
Make the file hierarchy panel on the left expandable so I can see all my nested folders.
It would be much more convenient to be able to see the complete title of folders 5 levels or more down the hierarchy on the OSX desktop app. Currently, I have to click further up the hierarchy and look at the right-hand panel that opens up when a file is clicked. This reduces the high-level view and takes longer than simply pulling the divider to the right to view more of the file chooser menu on the left. I want to be able to move the divider (circled in red below) left or right to see whatever is convenient, given the task and view I need at that moment.
Give us better tools to organize our folders.
Hey how about y'all give us some more options for organizing our folders. The three that you have are basic and honestly suck. Seems like a pretty simple thing to do and it doesn't take much digging on the internet to find out that people are pretty dissatisfied with the lack of options. Come on now it's 2025. I've been with you guys for a while but y'all need to catch up or I'm switching. ✌️
A folder is visible online, but not inside my Dropbox folder locally on the device
I am seeking help. A folder that was visible in my windows explorer seems to have disappeared. I can still see the folder in the browser version, but not in my explorer (which I could 2 days ago.). I checked the availability offline. I chose the selection in my preferences and the folder is ticked. I unticked and reticked it. I deinstalled and reinstalled the app. according to the browser version, I have access to the folder. All hidden files are shown in my explorer. It is a mystery to me and I don't know how this folder just vanished from my windows explorer-desktop app view. I went through the trouble shoots mentioned. Any other idea? thank you.
The icon of the Dropbox folder appears to be a blank page in File Explorer.
A little nuisance, but I guide myself with the icon when I am working and switching between windows. Everything else works fine. About a week ago, I don't know if there was an update, but the Dropbox folder's icon changed to what looks like a blank page. I tried to change it through properties like you usually change the icon of a folder, but the option doesn't appear. Any ideas on how to fix this? Uninstall and reinstall?Recent update of the desktop app not allowing me to see .clip thumbnails in File Explorer.
I use clip studio paint for work and I need to be able to see the thumbnails for the files to navigate them quickly. By default windows allows me to do this and it has been that way for years, as well as when looking at them in the file explorer for the program. Some big update went out for Dropbox recently, and how SPECIFICALLY in the dropbox folders I can no longer see my thumbnails. They are not online-only. I have triple checked. They are simply not showing. When I paste them onto my desktop, lo and behold they show again. This is entirely on the fault of the recent Dropbox update and I don't know how to fix it. It has disrupted my workflow and has be looking into new backup options when I've been using Dropbox for almost 15 years. Can someone please help?
