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Charlie B-AU
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

How to automatically overwrite files with the same name

Hi team,   I used to use Dropbox to organise current files against old versions by continuously overwriting the original version when uploaded to Dropbox.    So version 1 would be replaced by...
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Hi Nic35, the email to Dropbox feature wouldn't overwrite the existing files for security purposes. Only uploading files directly via the site, or overwriting files in the Dropbox folder would allow for files to be overwritten.

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