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afoster002
New member | Level 2
9 months ago

How can I turn off the preview on the site?

Dropbox apparently introduced new functionality that forces a large preview window every time a file is selected.  The vast majority of time this degrades my efficiency in using Dropbox.  I can't fin...
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  • derrickyee's avatar
    derrickyee
    9 months ago

    Hello, 

     

    You can turn off the feature by toggling the view to "Full Screen" under the Layout menu

     

Luce_S's avatar
Luce_S
New member | Level 2

It's extremely obtuse and annoying when I'm trying to select several item, and all of a sudden my screen rearranges itself and 1/3rd becomes unusable.

Jay's avatar
Jay
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
8 months ago

Hi Luce_S, I've merged you to this thread, please check the solution on how to disable the quick view on the site.

  • handlebarmedia's avatar
    handlebarmedia
    New member | Level 2
    6 months ago

    shouldn't be so hard to find this setting, which is not in settings.

    • derrickyee's avatar
      derrickyee
      Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
      6 months ago

      There should be a half colored panel where you can opt out of the auto-preview feature on the top right of the header! 

      • rp12's avatar
        rp12
        Explorer | Level 4
        6 months ago

        Thanks. Unfortunately that interface isn't in Chrome (my default browser). Looks like it is in Safari.

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