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Unable to change the name of a device
I am unable to change the name of a device (an iPad) that appears in the online Security panel of my account. On the iPad I delinked the device from my Dropbox account, then confirmed that it disappeared from the device list in the online Security panel. Then on the iPad I changed the device name using the prescribed method. I verified that the name had been changed in the Apple ID section of the iPad settings. Then using the Dropbox app on the iPad, I added the device to Dropbox again. It reappeared in the Security panel of my online account, but without the name change. So I am stumped. Changing the name of a device should be easy to do.
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey Bob-SF - thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Could you please remove the device again from your security page after clearing your browser's cache and the Dropbox mobile app's cache as well?
If the issue persists, please send us a screenshot so that we can have a visual too.
Thanks!
Walter, I did as suggested, but it didn't change the situation. Attached is an annotated screenshot that indicates the problems I'm having.
Same problem here. My device's name shows as Mac.lan, which is not the device's name. It appears that Dropbox is truncating the name and adding a .lan to it. I have tried unlinking the device from Dropbox and adding it again — nothing changes.
I think you need to make it possible for users to rename devices to make device names meaningful/intelligible.
