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connorhawke
Collaborator | Level 8
6 years ago

Force link to open in same browser instead of app

This is regarding a link on my site to my public dropbox folder. Is there a way to format the URL to open in the browser that the URL was opened from, rather than the DropBox app? For example, current...
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Tim H.37's avatar
Tim H.37
New member | Level 2
5 years ago
Hi did you find a solution to this? I have same issue .
  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    5 years ago

    Hi Tim H.37, thanks for nudging us on this thread. 

     

    When tapping to open shared links on a mobile device, you'll get a prompt asking you to choose how you'd like to preview them. 

     

    Nonetheless, you can post this here, where other like-minded users can comment and upvote your idea.

     

    Hope this helps to some extent!

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