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wyred
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Disable URL to screenshot when taking a screenshot

When I take a screenshot, a public URL to it is automatically copied.   This has been annoying in a few situations because I had some code copied that I wanted to paste, but overwritten by the scre...
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Norah
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
7 years ago
 
Hey wyred, welcome to Dropbox Community!
 
A screencast reproducing the steps you are taking (omitting any personal information) would help to have a clear image of the issue.
 
You can learn how to create a screencast using QuickTime Player here. Also, to create a screencast recording the steps on a Mac you can use QuickTime Player 10.x. by downloading this free software here. 
 
To create a screencast on Windows follow the steps below: 
 
  • Open “Problem Steps Recorder” by clicking the Start button and then typing psr. 
  • Click Start Record and replicate the steps to show your problem
  • Once you’ve replicated the steps, click Stop Record 
  • In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the file, and then click Save (the file is saved with the .zip file name extension)
 
Thanks in advance for your time and cooperation!
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wyred
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

1) On macOS, with dropbox installed

2) Take a screenshot of anything

3) Screenshot gets automatically placed in Screenshots folder in dropbox folder

4) Open any text editor

5) Paste text

6) You get a dropbox link to the screenshot you just taken

 

Problem here is I don't want a dropbox link to the screenshot to be automatically copied.

  • Norah's avatar
    Norah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    7 years ago
     
    Hey wyred, 
     
    Is it possible that you have a Software that uploads the screenshots to your Dropbox account? If this happens to be the case try disabling this Software, then take a screenshot and see it the URL is still copied. 
     
    If the issue persists, in order to investigate further you can follow up via email here and let me know so I can make sure that a colleague gets on it as soon as possible.
     
    Thanks in advance for your reply! 
    • wyred's avatar
      wyred
      Helpful | Level 6
      7 years ago

      Yes, that software is the dropbox app, which is why I'm here.

       

      I kind of want the screenshot integrations but not the automatically-copy-url-to-clipboard thing.

      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
        Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
        7 years ago

        If there isn't an option in Dropbox Preferences to disable the link creation, then you likely can't. On Windows, it's two separate capture methods; Print Screen for a screenshot, CTRL+Print Screen for a screenshot and a link. That option doesn't seem to be available on a Mac according to the help article on the feature.

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