
You can give edit access to people who need to edit or comment on the file.

To decide what role people will have with your file, select an option.Hover over the file you’d like to sync next.Follow the steps above to open your Sync history tab.If files are syncing, they’ll show in the order they’ll sync next.Click the Sync history tab near the top.Click the Dropbox icon in your taskbar (Windows) or menu bar (Mac).Learn about the different sync icons and what they mean.Ĭheck what order your files are syncing in Look at the sync icon next to the file or folder.Note: You can use the search bar in the top right to find the file or folder.Locate the file or folder you'd like to check.Open the Dropbox folder in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac).To check the sync status of a specific file or folder: At the bottom of the window that appears, there’s a bar with text that says Your files are up to date, Syncing, Syncing files, or Syncing paused until.Click the Dropbox icon in your taskbar (Windows) or menu bar (Mac).To check the sync status of all files and folders:

Check the sync status of files in the Dropbox desktop app Not using Dropbox yet? See how Dropbox makes syncing files easy. You can also learn how to pause and resume syncing. This article explains how to check if your files are syncing, what their sync status is, and what order they’re syncing in. The Dropbox desktop app needs to update (or "sync") whenever you add or update files in Dropbox.
