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mbriney's avatar
mbriney
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Viewing Backups from regular mobile phone app rather then browser.

In regards to having to open up a browser on my mobile phone to be able to view any files that are in the "Backups" section of dropbox.. This has made things very troublesome by not allowing every...
Computer Backup
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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Welcome back to the Community, mbriney, and thanks for your feedback! 

 

I’ve passed it along to our team on your behalf, and they’ll take it into account.

 

If you need something else though, don’t hesitate to nudge me.

Mechteld68's avatar
Mechteld68
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

Hi Nancy and Mbriney,

 

I'v the same wish. Is it allready possible to get acces to my backup files on de phone-app? 

 

 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    8 months ago
    Mechteld68 wrote:

    Is it allready possible to get acces to my backup files on de phone-app? 

    No. The new Backup functionality is only accessible via a browser.

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