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AnonyMouse
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5 years ago
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Changing a folder content preview image?

I would like to know if there is a way to set the image that is displayed as the preview for folder contents, when you select the folder on the list, without opening the folder.  (For example if I se...
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    Walter
    5 years ago

    Hi AnonyMouse; welcome to the Community and thanks for using Dropbox!

     

    I'm afraid there's no way to change the thumbnail of a folder of files (apart from re-arranging the files within it perhaps), but you can suggest this idea in the relevant section of our Community so other users can up-vote it and share their own feedback on this. 

     

    Let me know if you have any more questions, in the meantime. 

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Walter
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5 years ago

Hi AnonyMouse; welcome to the Community and thanks for using Dropbox!

 

I'm afraid there's no way to change the thumbnail of a folder of files (apart from re-arranging the files within it perhaps), but you can suggest this idea in the relevant section of our Community so other users can up-vote it and share their own feedback on this. 

 

Let me know if you have any more questions, in the meantime. 

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