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The Dropbox desktop app

Save hard drive space, share and edit files, and send for signature—all without the distraction of countless browser tabs.

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Image of a user’s file system, with the Dropbox folder selected on the left hand panel below the Documents folder.

Simplify and secure your digital workspace

Share files quickly, with anyone

Share a Dropbox link—of photos, videos, zipped folders, CAD files, and more—with anyone, even if they don’t have a Dropbox account. 

Have big files to share? Got you covered. Dropbox is still the best way to share big files. 

A user’s Dropbox folder shown on their mobile phone, their desktop, and on the web. There are arrows between each of them indicating that the surfaces sync together.
Changes sync everywhere

Every update you make to your desktop file or folder will also reflect on dropbox.com, and on your mobile phone and tablet.

 

A user’s Dropbox folder shown on their mobile phone, their desktop, and on the web. There are arrows between each of them indicating that the surfaces sync together.
Right-click your files and do more

Want to send your file for signature? See version history? By right-clicking a file in your Dropbox folder, you can uncover a whole host of options. 

The PDF “Floor plans.pdf” is selected from the Dropbox folder on a user’s desktop. The right click menu is shown with many options, like Share, Send a copy, Send for signature, Copy Dropbox link, and more.

Unlock the full potential of the Dropbox folder on desktop

On a file, a user can choose whether the people they share a file with can edit it or view-only.

Control file and folder permissions

Dropbox makes it easy to control who can access your files and how much they can do.

The tray is open and it shows the user a brief list of their recent files and file activity.

Take a quick glance

Search your files and see recent activity by clicking the Dropbox icon on your PC’s taskbar or Mac’s menu bar. 

User is moving around their pdf “Floor plans.pdf” in the Dropbox folder on their desktop.

Organize it all

Give your files focus by adding them to folders, dragging to different locations, renaming, and more.