How to Edit Files or Folders from Dropbox? [6 Practical ways]

Want to edit files and folders from Dropbox? Here are the easy ways to show you how to edit files and folders from Dropbox.

In some occurrences, we are supposed to edit files in Dropbox but don’t know the steps. For solving your query I have shared a few ways in this article.

When things are not working as per our needs, just edit and share the files, folders, and documents, in Dropbox with our friends or in the office.

After several practical research, I have shared my own things below. Kindly go through the full article and get to know the stuff.

How to edit the Microsoft file in mobile Dropbox
How to edit a Pdf File in Dropbox
How to edit file or folder name in Dropbox
How to edit and save excel files in Dropbox
How to edit files in Dropbox without downloading
How to edit a shared folder in Dropbox

Table of Contents

How to Edit a Microsoft file in Mobile Dropbox

We can edit Microsoft files from both Android and iPhone mobiles.

To Edit Microsoft File From Android Mobile Dropbox

To edit the file from Dropbox on android follow the below steps carefully.

Open the Dropbox app on android mobile.
Click the file and the file opens.

Press the edit icon (looks like a pencil image) at the bottom of the selected image.
The selected files open in the selected Microsoft Office app.

Once the file is opened in the selected Microsoft Office app we can edit the file in Dropbox. After doing all the editing works save the file.

To Edit Microsoft File from iPhone Mobile Dropbox

We can edit the files on the Dropbox iPhone by:

Open the Dropbox app on your iPhone.
Select the desired file to edit.
Press the edit icon(looks like a pencil image) below the selected image.
The file opens in the selected Microsoft Office app.

After enabling editing do all the editing works like crop, rotate, and save the file once finished in Dropbox.

How to Edit a Pdf File in Dropbox

Follow the steps to edit the pdf file in Dropbox:

Open the Dropbox app and select the pdf file to edit.

Once opening the file, click the Edit option above the file and the editing mode opens on a new page.

We can do the editing like:
- For increasing the zoom use plus (+), to decrease the zoom of the file use minus (-).
- For inserting a page, use the insert page option in Dropbox.
- For rotating a page, select the page and click rotate right or rotate left.
- For reordering the pages, select the pages and drag them to the new location.
- For deleting the page, select the pages and click the delete page option.
- For adding text, click Add text and type the text in the place.

After doing all the editing click Done in Dropbox.
Click save a copy to replace the original pdf file.

file edit dropbox — The above method clearly shows how to edit a pdf file in Dropbox.

How to Edit a File or Folder Name in Dropbox

We can edit file names in

Mac Dropbox desktop app
Windows Dropbox desktop app
Dropbox.com
iPhone mobile Dropbox
Android mobile Dropbox

Edit File or Folder Name in Mac Dropbox Desktop App

Follow the above steps to change the name of the folder in the Mac Dropbox desktop app.

Open Dropbox in the Mac desktop app.
Select the file in the Mac Dropbox to rename.
control-click or use the shortcut option Rename to change the file name.
In the pop-up menu rename the finder item, select the text to replace the names, add text to the names, or change the name format.
Click Rename to change the name of the file in Dropbox.

Edit File or Folder Name in Windows Dropbox Desktop App

Change the name of the file in Dropbox using the windows desktop app.

Open Dropbox in the windows desktop app.
Click all files in the left sidebar.
Select the name of the file in Dropbox to rename and click “…” ellipse.
Select the Rename option to change the name of the file.

After renaming the file save the file over the existing file in Dropbox.

Edit File or Folder Name in Dropbox Browsers

We can use browsers like (Google Chrome, Safari, Mozilla firebox, and File explorer.)

Open Dropbox in web browsers.
Select all files in the left sidebar.
Hover the name of the file and click “…” ellipse.
Select the Rename option to change the name of the file.

Hope the above method you feel simple and easy.

Edit File or Folder Name in iPhone Mobile Dropbox

We can edit files or folders name in Dropbox with the help of iPhone by the below method

Open the Dropbox app on the iPhone.
Click the “…” ellipse near the file you want to rename.

Press the Rename after selecting the file.

We can also change the name of the file in the file action menu“…” while viewing the file.

Edit File or Folder Name in Android Mobile Dropbox

Is it possible to edit files in dropbox from the Android device too? Yes, check below the steps.

Open the Dropbox app on the iPhone.
Click the “…” ellipse near the file you want to rename.

Press the Rename after selecting the file.

By this method, we can rename our files in Dropbox from android.

How to Edit and Save the Excel or Spreadsheet Files in Dropbox

Let’s see how to edit and save the excel sheets in Dropbox below.

Open the Dropbox app in a browser such as chrome, firefox, safari, etc.
Move to the Excel files you want to edit and save.

Open the particular file and click Open in option which is in the top center so the concerned file will be opened with Microsoft excel.

The file will be open and we can edit as per our wish and save the file for future needs in Dropbox.

How to Edit Files in Dropbox without Downloading

Have a look below to edit files in Dropbox without downloading in the system.

Open the Dropbox app in a browser such as chrome, firefox, safari, etc.
Move to the Word files you want to edit and save.

We can edit directly from the Dropbox application if the file is saved in Dropbox, and we can open it from the Dropbox app directly into the Microsoft Office app. And also we can edit documents, workbooks, and presentations.

Open the required word file with the option Open in and it will take us to edit and save the thing once done.

So this is how we will edit excel files in Dropbox without downloading.

How to Edit a Shared Folder in Dropbox

Follow the steps to edit a shared folder in Dropbox.

As usual, go to the Dropbox application and sign in to the account.
Head to the files which we want to edit in a shared folder.

Click the share option (rectangle with an arrow) and we can see the “Share this file” page and the top of the page “who can access” option will be available, tap on that and proceed next.

Click the “Can edit” option below, under the “Can edit”, “Can view” and “Remove” options we can see.

Give according to your usage so the person you shared can edit your files or folders.

Conclusion

We come to an end in this article. Here I have covered everything related to editing in Dropbox.

I hope you feel easy by the above methods given. This article also touched upon how to edit shared folders in Dropbox as well.