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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 
Dforster2016's avatar
Dforster2016
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago
Yes, I believe this is an necessary feature (being able to CLEAR THE RECENTS TAB) and I'm surprised Dropbox has not delivered this. Please make this a priority in a future releases.
  • Al-9000's avatar
    Al-9000
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago
    This is privacy 101 stuff. Hard to believe that "recents" are viewable after deleting them and emptying the trash.

    As a paying Dropbox user and fan of the product, I find this unacceptable. This should be a first priority update. Thank you.
    • OutSideTheBox's avatar
      OutSideTheBox
      Explorer | Level 4
      8 years ago

      iPhone SOLUTION

       

       This works on my iPhone 5c

       

      1. Select file you want removed from recent list.

      2. Make available offline.

      3. Go back to recents

      4. select offline on bottom of iPhone

      5. select file in offline list

      6. Remove from device.

      7. go back to recents and you will see it is gone.

       

      You will also want to go to DropBox.Com with your browser and delete the recents on their website a file at a time.

      • CPH's avatar
        CPH
        Helpful | Level 5
        8 years ago

        Recent file "overview" list  is just piling up, makes no sense, and privacy is big time busted.

        Of course it should be possible to clear history, or at least you should be given the choice to select somethings like "show no recent list" , "today's history list", "one week.." .. "Month..." "Indefinite.." 

        DB, why are you holding back an update on this issue..??

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