Learn How To… Use Dropbox In Windows 10

“Dive into one of the most powerful file management tools available on Windows 10”

- Dan Grabham

Dropbox is an app that, at its heart, synchronizes a folder on your PC with other computers – the same files are available everywhere. You can also access them via the web on any device, although the files aren’t stored on your device unless you choose to download them. In many ways, it works very similarly to Microsoft’s OneDrive.

Dropbox isn’t really meant as a cold storage system – its plans for lots of storage are rather expensive, and it’s recently been targeting business users over consumers. But for managing the stuff you’re working on right now, it’s unparalleled. We often work across multiple devices and use it as the main place to store our files instead of Documents. What’s more, you can share files with other people, and easily find things, too.

Dropbox is free for 2GB of storage – beyond that, you will need to pay.

Step-by-step Everything you need to know about Dropbox for Windows

1 Download the app

Firstly, go to dropbox.com to download and install the desktop app. There is also an app in the Windows Store, but it’s more like the mobile version of the app and doesn’t do the file synchronization we want to show here. You may be prompted to buy a Dropbox plan (above) but you don’t need to do that. You also don’t need to set up an account until the next stage.

2 Sign into the app

You will need to sign in to the app to ‘link’ it to a Dropbox account. Don’t have a Dropbox account? Then you can sign up at the bottom of this window. You can also use Google to sign in to the app should you have an existing Google account. Creating a Dropbox account is a really simple process and the app won’t ask you for extra details it doesn’t really need.

3 Selective folders