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Charles D.23's avatar
Charles D.23
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

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...
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  • RichardDBX's avatar
    RichardDBX
    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!

moronuser's avatar
moronuser
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

I have the same issue.  So, after reading all these comments, I'm not clear what to do.  Should I just delete the file each time I find it?  It sounds like most folks are pretty sure that it should not be there amongst my own files.  I don't want to inadvertently delete some kind of functional file, especially not knowing what is does or not not do.  Sorry if this is a very amateur question.  I'm trying to take more ownership of my technology in terms of basic understanding of how it all works, and how I can maintain it myself. Your patience is greatly appreciated!

  • bhord's avatar
    bhord
    Explorer | Level 4
    8 years ago

    cfl.dropboxstatic.com.url

     

    In my case no files were deleted but viewing a file resulted in a notification that says:

     

    "cfl.dropboxstatic.com.url added

    You added cfl.dropboxstatic.com.url

    to your Dropbox"

     

    I did no such thing. I will undo it if I can.

     

     

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