Can you remove the space in the dropbox folder name ("Dropbox (Company-Name)")?

[Vincent M.9]

I'm using my companies business dropbox account. And it created a folder called "Dropbox (my companies name here)".

Is there a way to remove the space between "Dropbox" and "("? I don't want to have a space in the path. So the folder name will become "Dropbox-Company" or "Dropbox_Company" or something, but not space.

It seems impossible.

[insolace]

GAH!

Dropbox has now implemented member folders ("Firstname Lastname") for dropbox for business, which CANNOT be renamed. This means the workaround (quitting dropbox, renaming the folder, creating an alias with the space in the name) no longer works.

Dropbox - this breaks so much software that cannot handle spaces in filenames, please give us the option to disable spaces (replace with underscores!). This is a real show stopper.

[bill-1234]

Dropbox has by now proven that they no longer care about the file synchronizing product. They don't care if it continues to work, they don't care if it is suitable for any particular use case. In particular, they don't care if Dropbox works for anything other than low-skill point-and-click. It is not a professional tool.

[cjrhoads]

I agree, bill-1234

Dropbox has now implemented SO MANY features that "break" existing applications and confuse people to no end that I wonder if they truly understand why people use Dropbox.

If I wanted to use GoogleDrive with all its inherent limitations, I wouldn't be using Dropbox. 

-I don't want an "app" that opens all of my files in an application that I don't want or need.

-I don't want to be able to watch as someone edits the files that we share.

Dropbox was previously the "dream" cloud storage.  It automatically synched files on the back end, did not force you to use cloud space unnecessarily, and left all of your files in their native format. 

But NO MORE.  Now it opens files in that dreaded dropbox application (Paper or something like that), asks you EVERY TIME to put your photos on the dropbox (which would cause me to pay much more for storage because I have a TON of photos), and is very confusing about which interface is being used (the cloud interface or the local File Explorer interface). 

Of course, the personal Dropbox is still better than either Google Drive or OneDrive or iCloud. 

But the BUSINESS version of Dropbox  - well, I gave up on that when they wouldn't let me eliminate the space. After trying to use it for more than a month I converted all my stuff back to the personal version. (And I needed technical support for that, so kudos to the technical support team at Dropbox for being willing to help me out.)

So that's what I suggest you do.  I've found that the Business version of Dropbox doesn't give you anything that the personal version doesn't.  I still have teams and share my folders with teams.  I just have to manage each shared folder individually instead of having an over-bloated application to manage the teams.

[themaybeblock]

What I want to know is what developer thought putting spaces in base directory paths was a smart thing from the very beginning? When I had to join a Dropbox team, it wound up breaking hundreds of links throughout hundreds of After Effects projects in my personal folder. They had to know how this deeply flawed approach could break links all over the place, honestly the incompetence is mind-boggling.

[chrisleathers]

They were probably trying to be paradime shifting.. without success. But to not have any other options!!? , and not change it for what feels like centuries.. ha ha.. We love you drop box.. but seriously

[cjrhoads]

It's not like they weren't told.  The length, width, and depth of this thread alone should have been a clue. 

But they obviously DON'T CARE!!!!  They don't care about whether what they sell is actually useful, they just care if they can sell it.  Apparently.

[chrisleathers]

Maybe its like a Y2K bug, and if they change it.. all their code will go up in smoke.. I think they would probably sell more if they fixed it.. 

[shinbeth]

@cjrhoads 

Haha yes I feel you bro. If only G Drive was as good as Dropbox I would to them immediately with 30TB plan.

Dropbox dev and commercial teams are ridiculously inefficient. Is this company going bankrupt soon?

[shinbeth]

@Vincent M.9 

The sole reason I never updated to Business plan myself is excatly what you said OP. Business creates a stupid 3-user repository folder which is different vs. the one I'm using now with Pro plan, simply called 'Dropbox'. I do not want a different folder. I do not want a different name (Dropbox-Company-or-Whatever), I do not want 3 user minimum I simply want 1 user. And more TB space! 3TB is way too little. I need at least 10TB.

Google Drive offers 10, 20 and 30TB plans while staying with 1 user and not adding GoogleDrive-Company to it lol

Sadly G Drive interface sucks and I can't leave Dropbox as of yet

Keep making your customers angry Dropbox, when you go bankrupt someone else will make a better cloud service