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Forum Discussion
How can I turn off the preview on the site?
Dropbox apparently introduced new functionality that forces a large preview window every time a file is selected. The vast majority of time this degrades my efficiency in using Dropbox. I can't find a way to turn it off. Please help. I'm on the website (not the mobile app) using MacOS and Safari.
Hello,
You can turn off the feature by toggling the view to "Full Screen" under the Layout menu
It's extremely obtuse and annoying when I'm trying to select several item, and all of a sudden my screen rearranges itself and 1/3rd becomes unusable.
shouldn't be so hard to find this setting, which is not in settings.
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi afoster002, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you referring to opening a file, or clicking the checkbox next to the file?
This will help me to assist further!
I transfer a lot of files all the time. I don't need to see each of them as they upload. Please let us turn this kindergarten-level feature off.
- derrickyee
Dropbox Product Manager
Hello,
You can turn off the feature by toggling the view to "Full Screen" under the Layout menu
