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Steve B.19's avatar
Steve B.19
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

How can I turn off the notification sound and popup that a file has been added or deleted?

When someone sharing my Dropbox adds or deletes a file I get a tone and popup that interrupts what I'm working on.  It's particularly annoying when I'm putting on a presentation.  How can I turn this...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    7 years ago
    Dropbox doesn't have notification sounds of its own. It uses the notification system of your operating system. It sends a notification to your OS, and your OS determines how to display it.
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Oz S.
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago

It's extremely frustrating to me to get a new phone and spend the next week digging around, searching for ways to opt OUT of all this stuff.

Think about he consumer. If the experience was only Dropbox, it wouldn't be a problem. But when it's:

Dropbox

Facebook

Messenger

Gmail

Yelp

Google Hangouts

Snapchat

Lyft

Calendar

Twitter

and on an on ... all these frikken apps and their unwanted notifications; and I'm faced with the hassle of turning all of this crap OFF rather than on.

Text messages and phone calls are the ONLY alerts that I want on. THE ONLY ONES.

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