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File Request - Please provide an option to NOT rename our uploaded files
We receive tons of file submissions from our business partners daily. However, a large part of the time I spend managing these submissions is spent renaming the files because they're automatically prefixed or suffixed with the Dropbox username of the user that uploaded the file. This causes a lot of unnecessary work and wasted time.
I am requesting that you allow us - the paying Dropbox users - the option to determine for ourselves if the Dropbox username is desired . . . or, if the original unaltered filenames are what we'd like to have to work with.
Thank you.
PS - If I've linked you to this message, it was because you had created or responded to a thread that included the terms File & Request. I know this may not apply to everyone, but if you think that this is a reasonable feature to add (at least, the option to not have the Dropbox user prefixed or suffixed onto the original file name), then please vote for and link other Dropbox members that you think might benefit from this feature, and promote this idea!
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Hi everyone,
We are very happy to let you all know that the ability to remove the Dropbox username from a file name when submitting a File Request is now available.
When creating the File Request, simply click on the trashcan icon next to the "Sender's name" field to remove this from the incoming files.
We know that a lot of you have been very keen to see this feature added and we hope it now makes using File Requests a little bit easier for you all.
Thank you for you patience getting to here and for choosing Dropbox!
Have a great day!
Graham
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Thanks sunspots, I was confused why that original thread was closed.
My point to add is that in almost any media post-production workflow, the target consumers that will more often than almost anyone else need anything approaching the 50GB file size, a critical element is filenames.
If the filename changes, things immediatley break.
My current workaround is to have the deliverer upload a folder, even if only a single file inside, because it doesn't rename the files or subfolders within, just the top folder. Since I have to change directories after delivery anyway, this means I don't have to do anything other than make a new folder at the target directory with the proper name before moving the files.
Don't get me wrong, this still stinks and makes it a difficult process to automate, but it would have been worse to deal with the files themselves renamed.
As mentioned in prior discussions on this top that were closed inexplicably:
I encountered this problem after using the request file feature for the first time in a while (seems Sep. 2022 this issue came back).
It is absolutely bonkers that there is no option to leave the filenames untouched as they are uploaded. I'm aghast at how absurd this situation is we find ourselves in. This is utter madness. I now have to manually rename every single file I've been sent to work with any sane scripting.
I will do everything in my power to get us off Dropbox and onto a workable solution ASAP.Agreed, @sunspots, workaround is definitely the key word.
It is also dumb that we have to request turning off a "feature" like we are asking for a new feature. We don't want to add anything, we want to toggle or remove something that should have been optional in the first place with a FILE MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE CLOUD SERVICE, marketing to professionals with a "pro" plan.
Why do we have to vote to ask to toggle something? We need a better avenue for this.
Pro's, my behind. We're suckers with no better options, because all the others have even more issues in my testing and exploration.
If you are copied on this Dropbox Ideas thread, it was because you had created or responded to a thread that included the terms File, Request or FileRequest.
If you think that we, the Dropbox end user should have the option to KEEP the original filename as the sender created it before uploading, PLEASE vote for this idea!
Dropbox gives us this hint to draw more people into an idea for voting for it :
USE IT!
Be active, and link this idea to your colleagues, friends or other Dropbox members that you think might benefit from this feature, and promote this idea!
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Agreed, this IS crucial, and as paying dropbox users, we need an explanation or resolution!!
AND -- as requested, we're only asking, please make it OPTIONAL. If you have to add some other indicator/unique identifier, ok, but a complete rename is ridiculous!
Why does Dropbox keep closing these threads?????
This issue has been around for OVER FIVE YEARS. And Dropbox has refused to add a simple toggle to the file request feature. So so many people clearly find these threads as they accumulate thousands upon thousands of views. And yet Dropbox still refuses to pay attention to it's users.
I have stopped using the file request feature on Dropbox because it's just unusable in its current state. All we need is an option to NOT rename our files. Dropbox, PLEASE TRUST YOUR USERS that this is actually incredibly important to our workflows!!!
If you are copied on this Dropbox Ideas thread, it was because you had created or responded to a thread that included the terms File, Request or Business.
If you think that we, the Dropbox end user should have the option to KEEP the original filename as the sender created it before uploading via a Dropbox File Request . . . .
PLEASE vote for this idea!
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