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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
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.
As a paying Dropbox user and fan of the product, I find this unacceptable. This should be a first priority update. Thank you.
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.
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..??
- See the solution above CPH...
Thanks outsidethebox,
I read your surgestion and i have no doubt it works fine, but it is a timeconsuming way of solving an issue that should be easy to solve for DB. Yesterday I added some 50 dokuments.. I cant spend my time deleting each and every one like you describe..
rgds.
Thanks, I followed the steps exactly but it doesn't work for me
- I want to further suggest adding an option in each folder to exclude all files within that folder or directory from being added to Recents.
Glad this works for you, I use my dropbox on a professional level. I uploaded 2,000 photos the other day. Dont have the time to do this with every file. Conveluted and Unexceptable that DropBox will not provide a quality product with trying to extort more money. It is truly the lowest form of hatred that I give this violation of my privacy. Anyone found a replacement to DropBox yet? I will pay double what I spend on dropbox if I can keep my data privat and not have to fight with this school yard setup.
Do a search, there are a couple out there and you can set up your own cloud with "NextCloud" or "OwnBox"
They are free open source solutions that you can host yourself or host on a hosting service such as Siteground.com ( Recommended) http://siteground.com My opinion based on lots of experience- SiteGround is hands down the best hosting service available.
They have auto installs for both Nextcloud and owncloud as well as Joomla, wordpress and a bunch of other solutions.
http://nextcloud.com/ and https://owncloud.com/
Thank you very much I am on it. Just found out what is going on. DropBox is trying to get more money out of us for the same service. I can delete the stuff I dont want as long as I update/pay more for the same product. Thank you OutSideTheBox for a great tip - I'm out-of-here, waste of money waste of time. May have to call for legal advice to get my private documents deleted from this site for good.
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