How to connect Dropbox to Microsoft Copilot

How to connect your Dropbox account to Microsoft Copilot

Follow these steps on copilot.com or in the Copilot desktop app to connect Dropbox:

1. Log in to your Microsoft Copilot account.
2. Go to Copilot Cowork.
3. Click Customize in the left navigation bar.
4. Search for Dropbox for Copilot.
5. Click Install.
6. Click Connect.
7. Follow the instructions in the authorization window to log in to your Dropbox account.
8. Click Allow.
9. Click New task in the left navigation bar.
10. Mention Dropbox in your prompt to use Dropbox for Copilot.

The Dropbox plugin appears in Microsoft Copilot after you connect your account. Your Dropbox permissions determine which files and folders Copilot can access. If your authorization expires, you can reconnect your Dropbox account.

How to use Dropbox for Copilot

1. Log in to Copilot.
2. Start a new task or chat.
3. Mention Dropbox in your prompt to use Dropbox for Copilot.

You can ask Copilot to work with content in your Dropbox account. For example, you can find files, organize folders, create shared links, or save generated text.

What you can do with Dropbox for Copilot

After you connect Dropbox to Microsoft Copilot, you can:

• Find Dropbox files and folders
• Open supported Dropbox content
• Summarize supported Dropbox content
• Create shared links
• Save generated text to your Dropbox account

Save generated content to your Dropbox account

You can save text generated from Copilot directly to your Dropbox account.

Dropbox for Copilot supports newly generated UTF-8 text files up to 5 MB.

Supported file extensions include:

• .txt
• .md 
• .json 
• .csv 
• .yaml 
• .yml 
• .xml
• .html 
• .htm 
• .css 
• .py 
• .js 
• .ts 
• .go 
• .java
• .sh

Example Copilot prompts

Try prompts such as:

• “Summarize the files in this Dropbox folder.”
• “Find the latest spreadsheet in my Dropbox account.”
• “Show me all the shared links in my Dropbox account.”
• “Compare the guidelines file in Dropbox with our local draft.”
• “Create a shared link for this Dropbox file.”

Security and permissions

Copilot can only access Dropbox content you have permission to access.

Your existing Dropbox permissions and team policies continue to apply.

• Your existing sharing settings and permissions don’t change.
• Existing Dropbox admin controls continue to apply.

How to disconnect Dropbox from Copilot

You can disconnect the Dropbox plugin from Copilot at any time.

1. Log in to dropbox.com.
2. Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the bottom-left corner.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click Apps.
5. Click the arrow next to Copilot.
6. Click Disconnect.

Learn how to disconnect a third-party app from your Dropbox account.