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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SM14
3 months agoExplorer | Level 4
How can I restore the older sync icons for the Windows desktop app?
Hi friends! How can I restore the old sync icons for files and folders in Dropbox? Thank you!
DBoxTips
3 months agoExperienced | Level 12
Hi SM14,
What do you mean by “old sync icons”? Is this on Windows or macOS? What did the old sync icons look like compared to now?
Here to help,
Andrew (DBoxTips)
What do you mean by “old sync icons”? Is this on Windows or macOS? What did the old sync icons look like compared to now?
Here to help,
Andrew (DBoxTips)
- SM143 months agoExplorer | Level 4
I can't remember if it happened during installation or by request, but Dropbox switched to new icons.
Now, I don't know how to revert to the old icons.
Here is a link to the Dropbox page.
https://help.dropbox.com/ru-ru/sync/sync-icons
Below is a screenshot of the Dropbox page.
New version
https://disk.yandex.ru/i/s7ItvNMbxrCcUwOld version
Thank you!
https://disk.yandex.ru/i/YlLOXtOfLvYSMQ- DBoxTips3 months agoExperienced | Level 12
Thank you for the details SM14
Are you running Windows 11 (23H2 and above) or Windows 10 (22H2 and above) on the computer where you experienced this change of sync icons? If yes, then you may be experiencing the changes coming with the Dropbox for Windows update that is being rolled out to Dropbox users on Windows 11.
One of those changes is related to the look and location of sync sync icons:
Sync icons have changed to match updated Windows icons
The sync icons next to your files and folders in the Dropbox desktop app have been changed to align with the Cloud Files API.
Is this the change of look in the sync status icons that you are experiencing?
The article also mentions a way to opt out of this update:
If you don’t want to use the Dropbox for Windows update at this time, you can opt-out through your Advanced settings page. To do this:
- Log out of the Dropbox desktop app.
- Log back into the Dropbox desktop app.
- Click Open Dropbox.
- Make your selections on the onboarding screens.
- When setup is finished, click Advanced settings from the final screen.
- Click Opt out under Dropbox for Windows updates.
It will look like this:
Hope this helps,
Andrew (DBoxTips)
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