How to Clear or Remove the Recent file list in mobile apps

Why does it take so long for a rather simple fix? Hello Dropbox your customers are complaining, so what do you do about it?

Just stopping by to say I'm about up to Here with this "feature".  If I cannot disable it then at least give me a way to clear it.  I use online file sharing for a myriad reasons, and I don't need previous lookups showing up first thing front and center on the app when I open it.  Considering how long these questions have been asked by users, and also considering the inability to make or suggest a fix by the program authors I will make making a fix of my own soon... it is called Google Drive.

Once I switch I am not coming back, and I know a good number that are on the same page as well.  Get it together folks.

Another disappointed user here wanting either to disable this feature,  or not parse any particular folders of our liking (and any uploading to/from them as well)  or at the very least make it NOT the default view when starting up Dropbox. Serious privacy issue as I have it installed on multiple devices. 

[Have not read all posts above.]

Please add in settings on all devices/platforms so that the users themselves can choose to start in recent or not [preferably in root or perhaps even any directory the user choose]. 

Well, it was a good run Dropbox. I brought you so many new clients, and endlessly extolled your virtues, but you've officially hit feature creep. It's a slow, inexorable downward spiral from here. I am not even going to ask for this to get fixed, because they didn't ask if I wanted it, so they obviously do not care about my opinion of their product. How very Microsoft of you to change the product without asking my opinion, then not respond to the people complaining in the forums, not even to try to rationalize the change. One of two thing will happen now according to M$ history: A complete "Screw you" with a "Whoops, mah bad LOLs!! We WANTED to ask your opinion, but we were too excited to get the features out there, regardless of whether they worked or were wanted!! Too bad, we can't go back now!! 6 out of 6 Grandmas like it!! Woohoo!!" or only the Pro version will have the option to disable (Essentially nagware.) I haven't looked at alternatives lately, I guess it's time again.

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PLEASE allow us the courtesy of an ETA pertaining to options of either clearing Recents or disabling Recents.  This is a serious security flaw when one shares a computer or iPad.  I've used Dropbox for years and prefer to continue, as long as we get information on these changes that have been requested over and over in this forum regarding functionality of Recents.

then not respond to the people complaining in the forums, 

You do realize that this is a user-supported forum, yes? While a Dropboxer does reply on occasion, the majority of all support received here is from other users that volunteer their time. If you want an official response, open a ticket with Support.

PLEASE allow us the courtesy of an ETA

Dropbox does not release information about planned features and their time frames.

Rich, this forum is a dropbox.com registered domain (see whois) and the only place where customers of dropbox can complain with the idle hope that someone of dropbox reads it. Tickets are never read anyway.

Other users that volunteer their time here may accidently think they have more rights or are entitled to to some special hero treatment, but that off course that is not correct. It is your own choice to waist your time on a product backed by a company that does not care about it's customers. If it helps you: I find your contributions not helpfull for me and think you can better spent that time on fitness. 

So yes this is a good place to request an ETA on when dropbox can fix the horrible timewaisters they have added.

It now requires 8 steps to get to a file on dropbox android.

I too would like the recents folder clearing option

this forum is a dropbox.com registered domain (see whois) and the only place where customers of dropbox can complain with the idle hope that someone of dropbox reads it.

I never stated that Dropbox does not own the site. It is their site and they maintain these forums. That being said, the majority of the people providing assistance here are other users like yourself. A Dropboxer does reply on occasion (as you've seen), but the only official method of receiving a response from Dropbox is by opening a ticket with Support.

Tickets are never read anyway.

All tickets are answered. It is the forum posts that will not always be seen by a member of Dropbox Support.

So yes this is a good place to request an ETA

As stated... Dropbox does not release information about planned features and their time frames.

It now requires 8 steps to get to a file on dropbox android:

Your list of steps has been (once again) removed from your post. Please refer to my previous response on this matter. Thank you.