Learn how to use the essential features of your Dropbox account.

Dropbox fundamentals course

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Learn how to create, securely store, and share your most important files with friends, family, and clients.

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In this module you’ll learn what Dropbox is, how to create your account, and how to install Dropbox on all your devices. We’ll also show you how to stay secure with two-factor authentication and strong passwords. Finally, if you use Dropbox for work and for personal files, you’ll also learn how to connect those accounts.

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This module shows how the Dropbox desktop app works like a regular folder on your computer, keeping files in sync and available offline. You’ll learn how to install it, understand sync icons, and use selective sync and online-only files to keep your files in sync while saving space.

The Dropbox desktop app

Create and upload

This module walks through practical ways to stay organized on dropbox.com. You will use sorting, multi-file organize, Quick access, tags, and automation options, each framed around real situations you are likely to encounter.

Organize

This module walks through practical ways to search, preview, and work with your files on dropbox.com, including how to use filters, image and text search, file previews, third-party apps, and comments. By the end, you will be able to move quickly from a high level search to the exact file, view, or comment thread you need, without leaving your browser.

Find and work with files

In this module, you will learn the different ways to share content using Dropbox, and how to choose the right option for your needs. You’ll see how to share files and folders with specific people, create shared links for viewing or downloading, and manage access once something is shared.

The module also covers tools for one-way sharing and file collection, including Dropbox Transfer and file requests. By the end, you’ll understand when to use each sharing method, what level of access it gives others, and how to stay in control of your content after it’s been shared.

Share

This module explains what happens when you remove content from your Dropbox account, how long deleted items remain recoverable on each plan, and what permanent deletion means for security and storage. It walks through how to delete files and folders on web, desktop, and mobile, then shows how to use version history, file activity, deleted files, and Dropbox Rewind to recover missing content or roll back changes within your plan’s recovery window.

Delete and restore

This module walks through how to use the Dropbox mobile app on Android, iPhone, and iPad to stay close to your files wherever you are. It covers installing the app, navigating tabs and searching, making files and folders available offline (and keeping them updated), understanding storage impact, fixing common offline issues, automatically backing up photos and videos with camera uploads, and scanning paper documents straight into your Dropbox account.

Mobile

This module shows you how to turn a blank page into a structured Paper doc using simple formatting and reusable templates. You’ll also learn how to collaborate in real time with sharing, comments, mentions, and checklists, and how to take your work further by exporting, moving, and recovering docs when needed. Finally, it covers how to make quick edits or share a doc from your phone, so your notes and plans stay useful wherever you are.

Dropbox Paper

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Learn how to manage company data, team members, security, and more.

Business admin course

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Dropbox business admin course

Think of a team folder as your online filing cabinet—without the paper clutter. You set the folder structure and organization system, making it easy to find what you need, when you need it. In the content page, you can organize the folder structure in your new team space.From the content page, certain types of admins can also manage membership of shared content.

How to create a team folder

Your guide to being a Dropbox admin

If you're a new admin joining an existing Dropbox team, this module is your quick-start guide. We've gathered essential resources to help you understand Dropbox from an admin's perspective.
The other modules in this course are designed for admins setting up a new Dropbox account, but you might still find some useful info there once you've completed this one.

Getting started as a new admin for an existing team

Admins can enable their Dropbox teams with sharing permissions and instance configuration. Learn more about Dropbox admin controls.

What does it mean to be an admin for Dropbox?

Everything you need to manage your team in Dropbox is available in the admin console. It saves time by displaying key insights into your team’s activity and providing shortcuts to essential admin actions, including security settings.

Enable single sign-on (SSO) through the admin console. SSO makes life easier and more secure for your team.

Enabling single sign-on (SSO) through the admin console

What can I do with the admin console?

Ready to set up your team’s Dropbox team account? Get started with these steps.

How do I get started as a Dropbox admin?

Account capture is available to Dropbox teams on an Enterprise plan.

Account Capture

As an admin, you don’t have to go it alone! Setting up admin access for others on your team is simple.

How do I set up admin access for others?

Setting precise access controls for your team’s permissions is a great way to make the most of your Dropbox team account. Keep reading to find out how to manage permissions to ensure only the right people can access the right files in Dropbox, both at the user and custom group level.

How do I set team-wide sharing permissions?

We know how important security is to you and your company. That’s why Dropbox offers plenty of features to help keep your team’s Dropbox account safe.

What can I do to make my team’s account even more secure?

Dropbox team accounts make it easy to keep track of all your organization’s data and content. They’re designed to give admins the access and visibility they need, while helping your team stay secure and find files fast.

How to use your shared Team Space to manage your organization’s content

No matter how big your team is, as a Dropbox team admin you have plenty of options for managing Dropbox access.

How do I manage my team’s access to Dropbox?

Dropbox makes it easy for you to integrate your current identity management provider with your organization's Dropbox team account—the best way to efficiently manage users and groups.

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Integrating with your identity provider

If you and your team are new to Dropbox or just want to learn some tips and tricks to make your job easier, enabling advanced features in the admin console can help you deploy Dropbox successfully for businesses of all sizes.

As an admin of a Dropbox business account, you can view the number of licenses and space available for your team.

View and add licenses for your Dropbox business team

Advanced features of the admin console

While we at Dropbox focus on doing what we do extremely well, we also know that there are third parties who do what they do—extremely well. Rather than trying to build out every tool, we make it very easy to connect your Dropbox account with various third-party technology partners.

Using a third-party technology partner with your Dropbox team account

There are endless possibilities to what you can do with Dropbox. The scripting community is made up of users, just like you, who use our API to create new Dropbox functionality, integrate applications, and extend Dropbox beyond our core web, mobile, and desktop apps.

Connecting to our scripting community

A large design firm just started using a Dropbox team account, and are hoping to connect the tools they use every day. Here's how they can get the most out of Dropbox.

Using Dropbox to streamline business practices

A team at a small engineering firm just started using Dropbox. Will the transition from their old system be an easy one?

Life of an admin at a small business

The team at a large marketing and sales firm has just started using Dropbox. Aniela, the IT manager, is hoping Dropbox will help make her hectic job a little more manageable.

Life of an admin at a large business

Learn how to collaborate more effectively with your Dropbox business team account. 

Business team members course

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Learn how Dropbox business can help you and your team create, secure, and share content for work.

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Dropbox business team member course

Dropbox team accounts help you maximize inspiration and minimize distraction, letting your best ideas come to life. 

It’s a tool that allows you to sync your stuff, share important files, folders, and links, and collaborate with whomever, whenever, wherever. All safely within the cloud.

What is Dropbox?

Whether you’re working from home, from the office, or travelling to a business meeting, Dropbox makes it easy to access all your files, photos and videos on the go. You can easily do this by visiting dropbox.com, or by downloading Dropbox for your devices.

How to download the Dropbox desktop app

How to use Dropbox as a team member

Dropbox team accounts make it easy for teams to safely share and collaborate, no matter where you are, or what device you're using.

Getting your account set up

Dropbox is a great place to safely share and store your content. Whether you’re using the desktop app, dropbox.com, or the mobile app, it's easy to save content in your Dropbox account.

Where and how do I save my content on Dropbox?

A Dropbox team account can help you, your coworkers, and clients collaborate and stay on top of projects. All without stressing about file sizes, version mix-ups, and lost feedback. Collaboration just got a whole lot easier.

How do I share and collaborate with my team?

Dropbox team accounts aren't just for keeping your content organized. They make it easy to find files fast and collaborate seamlessly, so your team can stay focused on the work that really matters.

How can Dropbox help my team work together?

Dropbox Paper is an online document workspace for you and your team. Each doc allows you to organize and display text, media, and files all in one place.

Create a Dropbox Paper doc from dropbox.com

How do I use Dropbox Paper?

Now you’ve got the basics down, it’s time to learn about a few more tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your Dropbox team account.

File requests allow you to collect and receive files (up to 50 GB) from anyone, right in your Dropbox account.

How to create a file reques

Dropbox team account tips & tricks

Designers and creators are always moving, whether they’re working through the creative process at their desk, out looking for inspiration, or visiting clients and collaborators. A Dropbox team account can help make all of those tasks move smoothly.

How designers and creators use Dropbox

The team at a big marketing firm has just started using Dropbox, and they’re hoping it’ll help them stay organized and collaborate both internally and with their newest client.

How project leaders use Dropbox

Summit Realty Group is handling the sale of a luxury condo in downtown Miami. After weeks of negotiations, the buyer and seller have agreed on terms, and the final purchase agreement is ready. The buyer, a busy executive, is traveling internationally and can't attend an in-person closing. Both parties are eager to close the deal quickly.

How a real estate company uses Dropbox Sign

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Discover how to use Dropbox Dash as a team member to enhance your collaboration and productivity.

Dropbox Dash team member course

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Dropbox Dash is an intuitive platform designed to streamline collaboration and enhance productivity for teams, making it simple to organize, access, and share important files and information.

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Dropbox Dash team member onboarding guide

Connect and manage apps as a team member

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Ask and write with Dash

Search and find answers

How to use prompts in Dropbox Dash

Master the essentials of Dropbox Dash as an admin to optimize team collaboration and manage resources effectively.

Dropbox Dash admin course

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Dropbox Dash is an intuitive platform designed for admins to streamline file management and enhance team collaboration effortlessly.

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Dropbox Dash admin onboarding guide

Connect and manage apps as an admin

Learn how to use the essential features of Dropbox Replay.

Dropbox Replay course

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Dropbox Replay: Simplify live video reviews and feedback sharing in one seamless platform.

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Managing feedback on videos and creative assets can be complex. Dropbox Replay simplifies the process by centralizing comments, organizing versions, and giving you full control over collaboration.

Learn how to upload content into Dropbox Replay. Replay works with audio, image, and video files.

How to add and manage files in Dropbox Replay

Getting started with Dropbox Replay

Learn how to support your team to troubleshoot day-to-day Dropbox issues.

Help desk course

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As your team’s main contact for support, you’re there to help troubleshoot problems that might come up. It’s a big responsibility, but Dropbox team accounts have the tools you’ll need to keep your team going!

How can I support my team's users with Dropbox?

So, one of your team members has run into a problem with Dropbox and has a question for you. Now what? Take a look at everything Dropbox team accounts have available to make your job easier.

What tools are available to me to help my team members?

Dropbox team accounts make it easy for teams to safely share and collaborate, no matter where they are, no matter the devices they use. But sometimes with all those people collaborating, accidents occur and you’ll need to step in and help.

Solving team challenges: from sync issues to conflicted copies

If someone loses track of a shared folder or simply can’t find it, there are different ways you can help track it down.

Troubleshooting shared file issues

Sometimes the sync function is interrupted, and because of that, team members may not be seeing the latest version of a file. When files won’t update, there’s a couple of steps you can take to fix the problem and get back on track.

Troubleshooting file update and sync issues

Links are super easy and quick to create. Shared links can be created by anyone with access to a Dropbox account.

Troubleshooting a shared link error

Sometimes in the rush of the moment, files can be accidentally deleted. That’s why Dropbox has made it quick and simple to recover those deleted files and folders, and you can get back to work.

Troubleshooting accidental file deletion

When you work with really large files, you can use up a lot of space on your computer. Dropbox can help you with that—selective sync can help store what you absolutely need.

Troubleshooting storage space issues

Learn to manage Dropbox Sign as an Admin, streamline eSignatures, and customize workflows to fit your team

Dropbox Sign admin course 

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Dropbox Sign admin course

Welcome! If you're new to Dropbox Sign, you’re in the right place. This course will guide you through the essentials of using Dropbox Sign as an admin. You'll learn how to send signature requests, create reusable templates, track documents, and customize your personal settings. By the end, you’ll feel confident navigating your admin account. Depending on your plan, you may also have access to advanced features, which are covered in the final lessons of the course.

Getting started: Send, sign, and navigate like a pro

By the end of this section, Dropbox Sign admins will be able to confidently navigate and use the Admin console to manage users, configure team settings and security controls, and oversee billing and subscription details. Admins will understand how to add and manage team members, assign appropriate roles, enforce security policies such as multi-factor authentication, and access essential account settings and reports to effectively oversee their organization’s use of Dropbox Sign.

Your Admin console: Setup, settings, and smarter team management

By the end of this course, admins will be able to effectively use the Admin console to generate and interpret signature activity reports, track document status, and implement key security configurations, including enabling SAML SSO for centralized user authentication. Admins will also understand best practices for safeguarding account access during initial SSO setup and managing user login options.

Visibility and control: Reports, security, and SSO made simple

By the end of this course, admins will be able to configure and manage advanced Dropbox Sign features, including setting up and overseeing multi-team structures, enabling team-wide cloud sync for document backup, and managing document deletion protocols. They’ll also gain the skills to enhance signer security using authentication methods, collect supplemental documents through request attachments, and enable signer reassignment to ensure signature requests reach the correct recipients—all while maintaining control and visibility across their organization’s account.

Advanced features

This module equips Dropbox Sign admins with the foundational knowledge needed to securely manage, monitor, and optimize API integrations. You’ll learn how to access the API tab to generate and manage API keys, navigate the API Dashboard for performance insights, configure webhooks via account callback URLs for real-time event tracking, and build embedded signing workflows using API apps. The course also walks through the app approval process required for production use of embedded and OAuth flows, and highlights best practices for key security, authentication, and staying informed on platform updates. Whether you're setting up your first integration or scaling across teams, this module ensures you're API-ready with confidence. For deeper technical reference, visit the Dropbox Sign API documentation.

API essentials for Dropbox Sign admins

See how Dash in Dropbox helps your team find, understand, and organize work faster.

Dash in Dropbox for admins

You just completed the Dash in Dropbox for admins course.

Learn how Dash in Dropbox helps teams find, understand, and organize content more easily, directly within Dropbox. This course is designed for admins who want to understand the experience, see where it adds value, and help their team get started with confidence.

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Dash in Dropbox helps your team find, understand, and organize content more easily, so they can move work forward faster.
In this course, you’ll learn what Dash in Dropbox is, how it fits into your team’s workflow, and how to help your team get started and see value quickly.

Get to know Dash in Dropbox

Use Dropbox Dash to find, understand, and organize your work.

Dash in Dropbox for team members

You just completed the Dash in Dropbox for team members course.

Learn how to use Dash in Dropbox to find information, understand content, and keep your work moving, all within the tools you already use.

Dash in Dropbox helps you find, understand, and organize your work faster, directly within Dropbox.
In this course, you’ll learn how to use Dash in your daily work to find information, understand content, and keep your work moving.

Get started with Dash in Dropbox

Understand how to monitor file access, spot risky sharing, and keep content secure with Dropbox Protect.

Get started with Dropbox Protect

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Learn the basics of Dropbox Protect to understand file access, identify risks, and secure company content.

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Dropbox Protect fundamentals

Get visibility into file access, identify risky sharing, and take action to secure company content across Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft 365. This quick start guide covers key workflows, including reviewing permissions, using reports, and applying policies to maintain least-privilege access over time.

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How-to video tutorials

Short videos that show you exactly how to use key Dropbox features.

What is Dropbox and how does it work?

Dropbox is a secure cloud storage service for storing, syncing, and sharing files.

How Dropbox keeps your files secure

Learn how Dropbox protects your files with built-in security features.

Getting started with Dropbox

Upload files, organize content, and begin collaborating in minutes.