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wbraswell's avatar
wbraswell
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Search in file name vs file contents

The Dropbox search feature searches both the filenames and also the file contents, and then randomly combines the results, thereby rendering the final results unusable for many purposes.

 

This is the same serious issue that petholla mentioned in the original thread from 2019, and it still needs to be fixed after all these years:

 

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/View-download-and-export/Search-in-filename-only/td-p/353242

 

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Delete-edit-and-organize/Search-in-filename-only-REDUX/m-p/722581

 

 

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    Hi there wbraswell, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on this with us.

     

    Your feedback has been logged in our system - you can let us know if you have anything else to add.

     

    Thanks!