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JGersh
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
New message notifications will not go away
I have several “unread” messages from Dropbox which when opened or marked as read the “2” displayed above the icon will not go away. The marked as read button does nothing and there appears to be no way to delete the messages ? Using app on new iPad Pro.
- I ended up removing App from iPhone and reloaded it. Bit of a faff but worked
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- Jay3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi JGersh, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you able to tap the notifications individually to mark them as read on the device?
This will help me to assist further!
- JGersh3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
When I directly click on any of the “unread” messages it opens the message and allows me to do nothing else. It does not change it to read or allow me to delete. At the main message window when I click on the three dots and try to “mark all as read” nothing happens.
- Jay3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
If you're not on a Dropbox Basic plan with more than 3 devices connected, could you try uninstalling the app, rebooting the device, and re-installing it to see if this helps?
- amcoffice3 years agoExperienced | Level 11
In Dropbox iPhone app, I have a red circle with a 1 in it on the home page house icon and on the notifications bell icon.
(I used to have one on the icon app on my iPhone home screen, but I got so sick of looking at it without being able to clear it that I turned off badge notifications.)
I have three messages on the DB iPhone that show as unread not matter what I do to "read" them - either by trying to open them or using the "mark all as read" option.
(Curious why the red circle has a 1 when there are 3 unread messages.)
On my DB desktop app, I do not have a red-circle anywhere , and all three of those same messages show as read.
Help please - I'd like to finally clear this irritating and meaningless red circle.
Thanks,
Judith
P.S. Screenshots and a screen recording available upon request.
- Doc5e113 years agoNew member | Level 2Im having this same issue!
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey amcoffice, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Can you open the Dropbox app, tap on "account", then on the gear icon, then on "clear cache", to see if that helps?
Keep me posted.
- Monty33 years agoHelpful | Level 5I have the same issue as of yesterday. Red circle shows 3 unread notifications but there are several notifications showing as unread. Following suggestion on clearing cache does not work. Any other ideas? Thanks
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Doc5e11 and Monty3, thanks for letting us know about this.
Have you tried uninstalling the app, restarting your device and then reinstalling it, to see if that helps?
- amcoffice3 years agoExperienced | Level 11
Stuck notification red circle cleared after I uninstalled and reinstalled the iPhone app - hopefully that's not a recurring issue.
Thank you.
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
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