Turn Off Recent Files Feature

Please remove the recent folder or at the very least allow us to make it inactive.  I not long ago deleted files from my recent folder and you know what happened.  It deleted the files from the original folder shared by someone else.  They then had to place the deleted files back into their folder.  I do not care for it.  Looks like there are quite a few people that do not care for it.  I'm still trying to understand why it was done that way.

Using a bookmark to bypass the Recents page only works if you are accessing Dropbox with a browser. If using the app, the page is the default. It is a minor software change to give users the option of which page is the default. I wrote software for over 30 years before retiring. Get one of the software engineers to stay over a couple lunch hours and get it done...... The community has been asking for this for a long time.  Thanks much.....

the URL for Files is "Home." https://www.dropbox.com/home

This thread is referring to the Recents page on the Dropbox website; not the mobile clients.For further discussion about Recents on the mobile clients, please refer to the following thread:

• https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/203130809-How-to-clear-Recent-file-list-in-Apple-mobile-apps

if anybody picks up my tablet and opens Dropbox, they get to see whatever I'm working on

For the time being, enable the feature that requires a PIN to open Dropbox. No one will be able to see your files if they open Dropbox.

Do we know if Dropbox are working on a way to disable Recents or allow more control of Recents?

It started as an Apple thread but quickly moved to cover all mobile apps. It's the largest and most appropriate thread on Recents in the mobile apps so it's the one we've been redirecting everyone to use. Doesn't make sense to have a separate post for each mobile app.

On the website, which this thread covers, you can already disable the default display of the Recents list so it's no longer as big of an issue as it remains on the mobile clients.

For the record, I'm in COMPLETE agreement regarding the feature on both the web and mobile apps and have been pretty vocal about it in the past. I'm just trying to keep everything organized here.

 1. I don't like the fact that the defult page is "recent files", which wouldn't be so bad if it maybe showed folders instead of thumbnails of actual files. 

2. The "recent files" list seems really long, it shows files I looked at, new folders, any activity basically is on the list, files I feel like I dealt with weeks ago still show, when you scroll down it's seems limitless. 

3. Is this a feature that is not being fixed because most user's are not paid customers? 

4. I notice on the forum anybody remotely connected to DB only replies to tell people to direct them related post. Or they simply say "no" the issue can't be fixed, but never to give answers to help. 

5. It's a big glitch, let's be honest people use these things to hide pictures too, so to have those same pictures be the exact thing to pop up first is ridiculous. 

6. Everyone notices that Dropbox is not really addressing these concerns, and are seemingly not worried about fixing the concerns. 

I ask does the lack of concern from Dropbox  come from users not being subscribers? Or like another poster asked, is it because the app is automatically downloaded on some devices, giving you more users.?

8. This issue occurs on both the computer and cell phone app.

"Recents" ONLY seems to come up if I goto  www.dropbox.com

not if one goes to www.dropbox.com/home

Hey Lorenzo,

Do you want to clear the Recents list because you don't want others to see? Or is it because you don't find files there that are of use to you? 

Thanks for helping us understand why.