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monerap's avatar
monerap
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

How to turn off link previews on Paper?

Hello everyone, I created a doc called "links". When I copy my links to doc, I want to see only URLs, not thumbnails. Is this possible?
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    6 years ago

    Not at the moment Bradloff - I'll be passing this on to our team though for their consideration. Thanks so much for your valuable feedback and helping us improve Paper!

    In the meantime, you can use a code block [by entering three backticks (```) to start, and then paste your URL into the block]  to paste your links into a Paper doc as text only. 

    I know it's not optimal yet I sure hope it helps to some extent. 

    Let me know if you have any more questions or feedback and happy new Year too!

Weem's avatar
Weem
Helpful | Level 5

This is a follow up to the follow "Solved" posted - https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-files-folders/How-to-turn-off-link-previews-on-Paper/td-p/320543/page/3

 

Every time I paste a URL into Paper, I can't actually see the URL. Instead, a giant thumbnail of the website appears. I can't for the life of me figure out how to see only the link without using a code block.

 

Please someone tell me that older post just hasn't been updated and there is a work around for this issue.

 

What's very odd to me is that Dropbox would have to go out of their way to implement this functionality. Why would they think people want a giant thumbnail every time they paste URL, as opposed to just the URL itself?

 

It's extremely disheartening that they were made aware of this issue over SIX months ago and there still is no fix. It seems like yet another big tech case of, 'we know what our customers want better than they know what they want' - I very much hope that's not the case.

 

Thank you!

Ben O.'s avatar
Ben O.
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
Just dump Dropbox. I did, and am happy using something else. They’re not going to make changes that normal consumers want. They’re trying to focus on business and “creatives.”
  • Weem's avatar
    Weem
    Helpful | Level 5
    5 years ago

    The fact that the admins simply moved my post into this one instead of anyone actually answering the question speaks volumes to their commitment to customer service.

     

    What a trash way to handle a clear issue that we're all experiencing.

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