HOW DO YOU TURN OFF THE ICON CHECKMARK

Haha - no "likes" on this response... I fing the checkmarks not only distracting, but on views with dozens of files, they tend to slow to Explorer's refresh significantly. It would be great to be able to turn them off.

I agree -the position of the green 'tick' obscures the icon behind it. This is a particular problem for Microsoft Office files, where the distinguishing feature is at the bottom left hand side of the icon. Green for excel, blue for work, red for powerpoint, etc. The Dropbox 'tick' hides that part. Can Dropbox please consider adjusting the tick, for example putting it in the top-right rather than the bottom-left, so it doesn't obscure MS Office file icons so much?

+1 for the ability to have a preference to turn off the check icons+1 for the ability to scale the check icons+1 for the idea of ONLY having icons for files that are NOT synced.I use icon preview to find artwork and files, the checkmarks do block the preview. I send screenshots of folders of items and have to quit Dropbox each time I do to hide the check icons.Please do pass this along to the development team.

These green check marks are absurdly intrusive. Please consider some other way to show that a file is synched.

I would agree. The size of the green checkbox is MASSIVE. Dial it down about 75%.

How can I switch off the checkmark icon?

bounette
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
Hey Drobox Team,
Any new on this issue,
Thank you !
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
7 years ago
Hi there!

Are you by any chance referring to the green circle with a check mark :white_check_mark: that’s on your files in your Dropbox folder? If so, please note that this icon translates as a file or folder that has finished syncing the latest changes and is up to date. These could be changes you made, or changes made by someone you shared the file or folder with.

If I’ve misunderstood your concern, please let me know any additional info or send me a screenshot (excluding personal info) illustrating what you’re seeing so as to have a better understanding.

Cheers!
David G.133
New member | Level 2
7 years ago
Yes, I like the icons without the checkmark. With the checkmark everything is green.
- Lusil
  Dropbox Staff
  7 years ago
  Although there isn’t currently a way to stop the syncing icons from appearing (unless you stop the desktop app from running, in which case, it would stop syncing), could you please elaborate a bit on what it is you’re trying to achieve?
  
  Thanks in advance, David G.133!
  - David G.133
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago
    I took a screen shot but not sure it's attached. The issue is that with the "icon checkmark" it is very hard to see the original icon when viewing files in "detail view mode". All you see is the little green checks icons everywhere. The best example is a word doc file vs an excel xls file. The word file has a blue icon and the excel files have a green icon. With sync files it's all green checks. Why have the icons at all.
    When I am in Dropbox I know that 99.9999% of all my files are synced. I only need to know when a file isn't synced.
Oiii
New member | Level 2
5 years ago
David G.133 wrote:
HOW DO YOU TURN OFF THE ICON CHECKMARK
- JB35
  New member | Level 2
  5 years ago
  I also hate the green check marks. They are just visual noise and very distracting. You used to be able to just rename the icon files and they'd go away, but apparently Dropbox did something to prevent that work around, which is just infuriating.
mh54
New member | Level 2
5 years ago
@JerSpi : Thanks for the tip :wink: