You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

Forum Discussion

pinknoyze's avatar
pinknoyze
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Does dropbox rename file types ?

I was uploading an mp3 file to share. After it is uploaded, Dropbox is calling it flac. Why ?
Create
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    pinknoyze wrote:

    I was uploading an mp3 file to share. After it is uploaded, Dropbox is calling it flac. Why ?

    Dropbox doesn't rename or convert your files.

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
2 years ago
pinknoyze wrote:

I was uploading an mp3 file to share. After it is uploaded, Dropbox is calling it flac. Why ?

Dropbox doesn't rename or convert your files.

About Create, upload, and share

Find help to solve issues with creating, uploading, and sharing files and folders in Dropbox. Get support and advice from the Dropbox Community.

Need more support

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X or Facebook.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!