How to use dynamic filters

Updated Feb 17, 2025

This article describes a feature that may be available to customers only in the US, Canada, and Mexico with English set as the primary language:

On Dropbox Plus, Professional, Essentials, Family, Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, and Enterprise.
In countries with the preferred language set to English.

Dynamic filters are subject to additional terms.

Dynamic filters help you find content faster by showing filters that are unique to your files.

Note: Dynamic filters are only available on dropbox.com.

Features

Navigate through your content more precisely: Find what you’re looking for by using multiple filters to narrow your search in seconds.
Sort multiple content types in just a few clicks: Organize data thematically and easily locate content, regardless of file type.

How do dynamic filters work?

Powered by Dropbox-built AI, dynamic filters use the context of your folders and files to automatically generate personalized content filters.

Some examples are:

Content themes
File extensions
Collaborators involved

Dynamic filters are generated using an internal machine learning model. This means that your data is not sent outside of Dropbox in order for dynamic filters to work.

How to use dynamic filters

You'll see an automatically generated set of custom filters above your file list on dropbox.com. Click on one or more at a time to activate the filters.

Notes:

Unique dynamic filter options appear based on the folder you’re searching within.
You can select up to five filters at a time to narrow down your search.

To hide the dynamic filters feature: