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Charles D.23
9 years agoNew member | Level 1
what is cfl.dropboxstatic.com.url
I recently had all my files in a shared folder deleted. I was able to go in and restore them all, but in the process found one suspicious file, which I did not restore which was "cfl.dropboxstatic.c...
- 8 years ago
Hi all, apologies for the confusion here — I can help provide some information.
Background: Dropbox allows you to save website URLs to Dropbox as individual files. For example, if you were to navigate to www.dropbox.com, then drag and drop the URL from the URL bar of your web browser into Dropbox, it would result in a file being created called "www.dropbox.com.url". If you were to click on that file, it will open a new browser window or tab and take you to that page.
Now, about the "cfl.dropboxstatic.com.url" files: we had a temporary issue with our new redesigned website where, in some cases, dragging and dropping a file in your Dropbox on the website (for example, to drag it into another folder, or by accident) would mistakenly add it to your Dropbox as a URL file.
We've since fixed this issue, so you shouldn't see it happen again; however, if you have any of these cfl files in your account, you can simply delete them – they're harmless!
May May G.
9 years agoNew member | Level 1
I too have been getting lots of this URL showing up in my account:
cfl.dropboxstatic.com.url
I've seen this discussed in other threads, but Dropbox seems very reticent to explain what it is and/or whether we should be concerned. I'm unable to view the contents of this mystery URL. Whatever it is, it's taking up 101 bytes a crack. This only began appearing in my account just recently.
PLEASE DROPBOX: can someone explain what this is and why is it being added into my account?
cfl.dropboxstatic.com.url
- James H.848 years agoNew member | Level 2
Has anyone from dropbox ever replied on this?
- Niva8 years agoNew member | Level 2
I am getting this same thing. What is this? I just deleted it. I am hoping it wont affect my files.
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