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
sunspots
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
File Request - Please provide an option to NOT rename our uploaded files
We receive tons of file submissions from our business partners daily. However, a large part of the time I spend managing these submissions is spent renaming the files because they're automatically pr...
- 2 years ago
Hi everyone,
We are very happy to let you all know that the ability to remove the Dropbox username from a file name when submitting a File Request is now available.
When creating the File Request, simply click on the trashcan icon next to the "Sender's name" field to remove this from the incoming files.
We know that a lot of you have been very keen to see this feature added and we hope it now makes using File Requests a little bit easier for you all.
Thank you for you patience getting to here and for choosing Dropbox!
Have a great day!
Graham
sunspots
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
If you are copied on this Dropbox Ideas thread, it was because you had created or responded to a thread that included the terms File, Request or FileRequest.
If you think that we, the Dropbox end user should have the option to KEEP the original filename as the sender created it before uploading, PLEASE vote for this idea!
Dropbox gives us this hint to draw more people into an idea for voting for it :
USE IT!
Be active, and link this idea to your colleagues, friends or other Dropbox members that you think might benefit from this feature, and promote this idea!
Similar great ideas that need help,
or to be reopened :
Comments Field for File Request
Disable email notification for File Request uploads
File name changed when uploading to a Dropbox Request
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