Printing a list of files in Dropbox

[cengelma]

I've been trying to figure out if there is a way to print a list of files in a Dropbox folder.  Turns out there is no such printing option. However, if you select all files with Ctrl + A, all subfolders and files will be selected.  Then using Ctrl + C, copy to the clipboard.  Next open a new blank Word document and paste (Ctrl +V) to the Word page.  All text should appear from the Dropbox webpage. Delete whatever text is not relevant and you'll be left with a list of folders and files. 

[Hannah]

Thanks for the tip here, @cengelma!

I moved your post to the relevant board, so other users can see your suggestion.

Let me know if you have any questions!

[Joseph C.23]

Hello.

Is there a way to pint a list view of all of the file directories from a web browser?

Thank you

[Jay]

Hi @Joseph C.23, currently, there isn't a method to do so via the Dropbox site.

There may be other apps or services that might be able to extract a list of folders on your account.

[Joseph C.23]

Wonderful...

Thank you.

[Amy]

Hi @Joseph C.23, if you don't mind, can I ask why you want to print the filenames? I would be in favour of a screenshot for posterity myself, but as noted above, @cengelma found a way to create a word doc. That is a few more steps than I would take, if it's just to have a record, but if you need to be able to copy/paste, that might solve your problem! 

[Joseph C.23]

Hi Amy,

We don't have all of our Dropbox files syncing on one computer/server, only some files. 

We simply wanted to see a list of everything, at least in the main directory so we can clean up the files. One cannot even make decent print views from the web to achieve this. 

Thank you.

[Amy]

Ah thanks for clarifying @Joseph C.23. I don't think I have a solution for you about this right now, but I will certainly flag it to the team. I am really interested in how different teams use Dropbox, so this has been enlightening. Thank you! 

[jlrgentry]

I know this is an old question but I still have this issue and have found a workaround to share:
For me there is far too much data to sync it locally, so it has to be from the browser interface.

1. Select a file folder at random 
2. Choose "Copy"
3. The popup dialog that appears gives you the option to choose a folder to copy it into. From this popup, at least in Chrome, I'm able to highlight all the files in that folder by just holding down the mouse to select and drag.
4. Open a word file - paste. All the file names are pasted into a list, separated by line breaks. From here I can import to excel or google sheets and do whatever I need to sort/track/search.
Hope that helps anyone!

[Graham]

Hi @jlrgentry,

Thanks for sharing this workaround. It seems like it could really help some other Community members. I've tried to reproduce on Mac and it appears to work a little different, I was able to copy and paste a list of all folders, but not the files inside. I wonder has anyone else figured out a workaround for Mac yet? Please let us know if you have!

Thanks again, and have a great day!

Graham