You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

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StephPDX
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

I can't figure out how to tag in Dropbox.

Hi! I am getting familiar with Dropbox because one of my clients uses it. We need to organize files by both folders and tagging. I can't figure out how to tag. All of my searches indicated Dropbox di...
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    Reut V
    3 years ago
    Hi everyone! Reut here from the Dropbox product team. It’s my pleasure to announce that tags are now available to all Dropbox users! To get started, on dropbox.com, just select one or more files and type a tag name in the righthand panel.
     
    As we continue working on tags, the product team and I would love to hear your feedback. Think tags are amazing, and just what you need? Feel that something’s still missing? Let us know here.
     
Fiona's avatar
Fiona
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Hi StephPDX. Welcome to our Community! :grin:

Tagging files is indeed not a Dropbox feature at the time, but we do have a few features that could help you note information on files and folders. 

Want to make a folder defer from the rest and even tag people on it? Your answer is Dropbox Spaces. 

:dividers: Introducing Dropbox Spaces

Want to make a note to a file? comment on a part of a file and mention another user? 

:dividers: Comment on Dropbox files. 

I would love to have your feedback. Let me know if these features help you accomplish what you wanted.  

Thank you!

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michele44
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Hi! I had this same question. Tagging people with their @ may not work -- I'd like to be able to make files searchable by who created them by using a #, but not add to their workflow -- which is currently denoted by @ to call their attention. 

 

Any ideas? Thanks!

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    5 years ago

    Hi michele44, thanks for messaging the Community!

     

    Currently, there isn't a method to tag files on the Dropbox site, As to making it possible to search for who created a file, this isn't possible either.

     

    If you wish, you can suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future!

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