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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The cloud makes it possible for you to access your data and documents anywhere, from any device, at any time.

What is the cloud?

Haven’t you heard? Dropbox helps 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.

What is Dropbox?

Dropbox makes it easy to share and collaborate on folders and files without breaking your flow, while also keeping everything up-to-date, safe, and secure.

Why share with Dropbox?

Dropbox makes it easy for you to safely share and collaborate with others, helping you focus on the work that really matters to you.

Why collaborate with Dropbox?

Dropbox makes it easy for you to safely share and collaborate, no matter where you are and no matter your device. Getting everything set up is easy.

Getting your account set up

Dropbox is a great place to safely share and store your stuff, whether you’re using the desktop app, dropbox.com, or the mobile app.

Where and how do I save my stuff?

Dropbox can help you collaborate with others and stay on top of your projects—without stressing about file sizes, version mix-ups, and lost feedback. Collaboration just got a whole lot easier.

How do I share with others using Dropbox?

Dropbox isn’t just for keeping your stuff organized. It makes collaborating easy, so you can stay focused on the work that really matters.

How can Dropbox help me collaborate with others?

It’s simple. With file requests, you can request files from anyone and collect them all in one folder—right in Dropbox.

How do I request stuff from others?

Sometimes we just need a little help. With Dropbox, there are lots of ways for you to get the support you need.

How can I get help?

Looking for a way to seamlessly collaborate with others? Create documents, tables, and more in one place with Paper.

How do I use Paper?

The Dropbox mobile app makes it easy to work with Microsoft Office files from anywhere. Install the mobile app so you’ll never miss a beat.

Creating documents in mobile

With the Dropbox mobile app, you can scan documents directly into your account with your iOS or Android mobile device. Now, all of your brilliant ideas scribbled on napkins, mapped out on whiteboards, or collecting dust in file cabinets can be housed in the same place.

Using doc scan

Dropbox is great for storing stuff, but what if you have a lot of stuff? It can be hard to keep track of it all, so that’s where structuring folders can help you stay efficient and more organized.

Structuring folders

If you’ve already shared a folder with others, it’s possible to rename it in Dropbox without causing confusion.

Renaming a shared folder

If you find yourself taking a lot of screenshots on your computer, you’ll notice they tend to pile up and clog your desktop background. Did you know that you can use Dropbox to save and share them instantly?

Capturing screenshots

Learn how to cut down on clutter and avoid email attachments by integrating Dropbox with Chrome and Gmail.

Dropbox fundamentals course

What you’ll learn

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