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Forum Discussion
What is this UFO icon on some of Dropbox files online?
There is a UFO symbol next to one of my uploaded files, does anyone know what that means?
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
thanks
Is there a way to open a saved file in my Dropbox with the flying saucer as the icon? I really need to figure out what these documents are.
- Jay
Hi Chelles803, thanks for joining the Community!
It depends on what type of file it was originally. If you know the general type of doc, then you can guess at the file type.
The safest bets for me would be mp3 for music files, mp4 for videos, jpg for images, docx for documents, xlsx for spreadsheets, and so on. I could list out all the file types, but it would take too long!
If you know who sent you the files, try asking them to see if they know what they were. Alternatively, if you renamed the file yourself, try looking at the version history of the file to see if the renaming is visible there.
Hope this helps!
- My file is mp3 but it still wont upload what do I do now?
I have the flying saucer on alot of files with extensitons. Some of them was when I switched from paperport to File Center. I believe I can just delete them. How do you delete multiple files at once instead of 1 at a time.
- Jay
Hi Jeffg2, while I’m not familiar with the file types used by Paperport or File Center, these files could be important to the functioning of File Center, so I’d recommend making a copy of them just in case.
On the site, you can click the checkboxes for multiple files on the left of them, and then on the right, click the delete button from the ellipsis (…) button.
Hope this helps out!
