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
5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
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...
- 3 years agoHi 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.
Kdillon
Helpful | Level 6
This is a feature in Box: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044195913-Using-Tags. And it's also a feature within Dropbox's own support forum. This is a no-brainer to add to Dropbox. We need to be able to both organize files into folders but also be able to tag files so they can be searched on multiple dimensions. Folders are too limiting because a file only exists in one folder, whereas a file may have multiple tags to search it by
Tinchohs
5 years agoCollaborator | Level 10
I am absolutely with you on this. It's such a missed opportunity to not have tags in Dropbox. Any idea if this is being considered? Thanks.
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