Increase thumbnail size?

Question

Dropbox is basically unusable for me because the thumbnails displayed are too small for me to really see, meaning I have to open each file (which takes a few seconds) just to see if it's something I want to keep.&nbsp; I have scoured the settings and haven't found any way to increase them the way I might in a normal file manager.&nbsp; Am I missing something?&nbsp; If I'm not, can't Dropbox gurus please add this feature?&nbsp; It's just absurd to have to get out a magnifying glass each time I want to do some photo management.

Nancy · Answer

Hi goemonburo, thanks for posting this on our forum!
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As a first, can you please clarify which Dropbox platform you’re having trouble with, when it comes to the file thumbnails?
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I’d like to have more info to log your feedback with our team.
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Let me know.

goemonburo · Answer

I have this problem on my Android phone and on the desktop...Seems to be an issue everywhere.

Nancy · Answer

Thanks for clarifying that! If you open your mobile app, and go to your Files tab, there’s a little square icon on the other side of the “Modified” header. Can you please tap it, and let me know if it makes a difference? One of the two modes/views enlarges the thumbnails, so I want to make sure you have the correct view selected.
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Regarding the desktop app, the thumbnails you see there are determined by your OS. Can you let me know what’s your computer’s current OS version?

goemonburo · Answer

Thank you, yes, now I can see larger images in the Android app. My desktop is Ubuntu Linux, 20.04, and those images are much smaller than my desktop thumbnails.

Dork Gently · Answer

The tiny thumbnails seems like intentionally annoying. Will they get bigger if I spend more money? Also, I'm trying to upload things and they never seem to have showed up so I do it again and finally theres like fifty versions, but the thumbnails are so tiney I dont know what swhta. Then I delete them but theyre still there.&nbsp;Can you recommend a competitor? Seems like easy fixes to me. Chat gpt knows python if your team is struggling

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