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Martin B.11's avatar
Martin B.11
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Overwriting files when uploading through browser

Hi, I just uploaded some GIF files to my dropbox. And I already had gif files in that folder, with same file names. When I dropped the files in, the files were overwritten without a warning or anythi...
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  • Richard P.'s avatar
    Richard P.
    9 years ago

    That's how its intended to work.

  • Hhh11's avatar
    Hhh11
    8 years ago

    Because Dropbox is NOT OS or file manager! Dropbox is cloud based document repository - such as SharePoint. If you upload file with the same name most repositories create "new version" instead of creating something like this:

     

    original name.docx

    original name (1).docx

    original name (2).docx

     

    etc. So previous comment was right - it is intended feature and it is wanted and common in similar products.

Richard P.'s avatar
Richard P.
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9 years ago

That's how its intended to work.

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