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Deadlast's avatar
Deadlast
New member | Level 1
3 months ago

Can I automatically move the subfolders I've listed in an Excel file into a shared folder?

I have 10,000 subfolders with unique numeric names. I need to sift out 1000 of these subfolders into a shared folder. The list of these 1000 folders is in an Excel (or .csv) file. Is there a Dropbox ...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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3 months ago

Hi Deadlast! Thanks for posting on our forum today. 

I’m afraid what you’re asking for isn’t possible at the moment; you can only move/copy folders around manually, as there’s no automation in place for this. 

I can pass your feedback though to our team in case this is something they’d consider in the future.

Let me know if you need something else.

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