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Authentech
5 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Search doesn't find all results.
Searching for folders which are clearly there returns no results.
I am searching for a specific word which is part of multiple folders but they do not all appear in the results.
If I search multi...
- 5 years ago
So it's actually started working now.
Perhaps it was a delay in indexing at Dropbox side?
Seems odd though, it doesn't usually take very long and this was all day.
joyce lee
Explorer | Level 4
We are facing this issue, too. The search result shows nothing but it's really in a paper content. Hope this issue can be solved ASAP.
Lusil
4 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi joyce lee, thanks for nudging us here.
Just to make sure that we're on the same page, are you searching for content that is mentioned in a Paper doc, or are you looking up its title?
Also, assuming that you are doing this through the website, do you get the same results regardless of which browser you use?
- joyce lee4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
I'm searching for content that is mentioned in a Paper doc vua Google Chrome browser. I've tried Dropbox desktop app to search paper content but also found nothing. Search for title works fine for me.
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