How to turn off test mode in the Dropbox Sign API

Updated Sep 25, 2025

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To turn off test mode and switch to Production follow the steps below:

  1. Turn off test mode in your POST request.
    • You can either disable test mode or remove the parameter altogether.

Once you turn off test mode, the signature requests will be in Production.

Please note that non-embedded signature requests can only be sent with an active Dropbox Sign API subscription.

Please see the article below to turn off test mode in an embedded flow.

How to switch to Production and turn off test mode after an app approval.

Request Parameters

test_mode (optional)

Whether this is a test, the signature request created from this draft will not be legally binding if set to 1. Defaults to 0.
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