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afoster002's avatar
afoster002
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

How can I turn off the preview on the site?

Dropbox apparently introduced new functionality that forces a large preview window every time a file is selected.  The vast majority of time this degrades my efficiency in using Dropbox.  I can't fin...
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  • derrickyee's avatar
    derrickyee
    8 months ago

    Hello, 

     

    You can turn off the feature by toggling the view to "Full Screen" under the Layout menu

     

Jay's avatar
Jay
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

Hi afoster002, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Are you referring to opening a file, or clicking the checkbox next to the file?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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

I transfer a lot of files all the time. I don't need to see each of them as they upload. Please let us turn this kindergarten-level feature off.

  • derrickyee's avatar
    derrickyee
    Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
    8 months ago

    Hello, 

     

    You can turn off the feature by toggling the view to "Full Screen" under the Layout menu

     

    • rp12's avatar
      rp12
      Explorer | Level 4
      8 months ago

      These options don't show for me when I select the menu. It's just "Layout - Grid, Large Grid, List, Large List", but not the 'Open Files In' section. Any advice? I'm using Google Chrome, not sure if that makes a difference.

      • Nancy's avatar
        Nancy
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        8 months ago

        Hey rp12! Are you seeing the same thing on a different browser or incognito mode?

    • Joseph C.23's avatar
      Joseph C.23
      Collaborator | Level 9
      7 months ago

      How do we disable this completely? No Preview at all?

      • derrickyee's avatar
        derrickyee
        Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
        7 months ago

        Hello! The "full screen" option will essentially act as disable the feature completely / have not right panel on your browse screen. 

    • JLM3's avatar
      JLM3
      New member | Level 2
      4 months ago

      Thank you for this! Dropbox take note: this feature is incredibly frustrating. I'm so happy I have turned it off! 

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