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serge1966
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Excel file (xlsx) does not show "open with..." options

I have two apps and not long ago I used Sheets to open those same xlsx files from dropbox. Somehow MS Excel (defenitely not my choice) became the default application and when I click "Open with" th...
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    5 years ago

    Thanks for the update.

     

    You can try changing the default apps used when opening files via the Dropbox mobile app by doing the following:

    • Open the Dropbox app
    • Tap on the menu button
    • Tap the gear icon (or "Settings" on older versions of the app)
    • Tap “Manage Default Apps”
    • Press “Remove” next to the app that you’d like to remove

    Let me know how it goes!

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