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FrankieT
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

iOS Files App Favorites Folder Disappear

On both my iPad and my iPhone, when I mark a folder from Dropbox or any other cloud service as a “Favorite”, it shows up in my favorite list in the Files app, but if I switch apps or close the files ...
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Renderer's avatar
Renderer
Helpful | Level 5

I am also having the same issue. It seems that Dropbox integration and support for Favorites folders is not directly supported by Dropbox using iOS. I tried this using iOS 13.3 and latest dropbox, and either Dropbox has dropped that support or iOS refuses to recognize Dropbox favorites.

Other Favorite folders implementation from iOS-Files, Such as Google Drive and iCloud Drive are not affected by this issue.

cnek's avatar
cnek
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

I gave up and am now using a great substitute that works exactly as I need: Documents by Readle.

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