What are you requesting?: Whatever you put here will be included in the title of the upload page you send to uploaders (ex: 'Christian Genco is requesting Birthday party photos') and notification emails, and will be the default name of the folder where files are uploaded.To create a File Request in Dropbox, log into your Dropbox account on a laptop or desktop computer and click on Files in the left side navigation menu, then File requests. Business alternatives to Dropbox File Requests are at the bottom of this guide. There are several unprofessional rough edges of the File Request flow, so if you're looking to receive files from clients for your business a dedicated file receiving tool would likely work better for you. Your other Dropbox files, including other people's submissions, are kept private.įile Requests are used by teachers collecting assignments from students, couples collecting photos and videos from their wedding guests, and frustrated family tech support when your non-tech-savvy uncle is having a really hard time understanding the 20MB file upload limit of email. To upload a file through a File Request, your non-tech-savvy uploaders don't need a Dropbox account. Instead of dealing with email attachments, faxes, text messages, USB sticks, and physical pieces of paper, a Dropbox File Request gives you a simple upload page that collects files from people in a single Dropbox folder.

Dropbox link to upload