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Swe T.'s avatar
Swe T.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

How to Clear or Remove the Recent file list in mobile apps

I want to clear all the Recent file list, there has no clear function please advise how to clear the list. Thanks & regards Swe Tin
Mobile
Third Party Integrations
  • Sam DBX's avatar
    Sam DBX
    11 months ago
    Hi everybody,
     
    We’d like to provide an update on this topic:
     
    Keep in mind that you can completely hide the Recents section with the new modular home layout on mobile:
     
    1. Open the Dropbox mobile app.
    2. Tap the customize icon (artist palette) 🎨
    3. To add or remove a default section, tap the toggle next to Recents, Starred, Camera Uploads, 4. Viewed links, Shared, or Offline.
    5. Tap Save to save your changes.
     
    You can find more info in here.
     
    Also, based on your comments, our team is working on improving the recents list update (when an item is deleted remotely). Thank you for sharing your feedback on this.
     
    We'll keep you in the loop for future features related to this.
    Sam 
Michael B.61's avatar
Michael B.61
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

Irrespective of the status of this forum, surely as Dropbox are effectively hosting it, they would take an interest on what is being discussed?

To suggest that forum users should not expect Dropbox to take note of any suggestions, criticisms or other observations is very strange especially as I've just forked out the equivalent of 99 dollars just three weeks ago.

People who take the trouble to read and post here are obviously keenly interested in the subject and wish to share their observations. Hence, surely it is in Dropbox's interest to keep an eye on the forum. In particular my fellow posters are people who have actively supported the company by spending money and have developed a relationship with and dependence on it.

Sadly, it looks like that relationship is in danger of foundering on the rocks when just a short explanation from Dropbox as to why they introduced a 'facility' that many of us find appalling and what they intend to do about the situation we find ourselves in. After all it wasn't us that changed the program but we do seem to be in the 'take it or leave it' situation.

Many other companies have introduced 'improvements' to programs but where they have not suited everyone have given the option to disable it, that's all it needs and then we can get on with using Dropbox as we bought it, not as someone else thinks we must have it.

Now for that cold shower . . . . . . .

 

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