This article describes a feature available to all Dropbox users on dropbox.com.
Note: You can also organize files by their modification date. To do so, click Modified at the top of the list of files. If you don’t see Modified, hover over the Name heading, then click the down arrow and click Modified. Click Modified again to toggle between oldest and most recent modifications.
Note: The Dropbox mobile app displays the modified dates of files but not of folders.
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You can organize files by their modification date. To do so:
A file’s modified date will update on all devices and dropbox.com if you edit the file in your Dropbox account or another user edits the file in a shared folder.
In some cases, like the ones listed below, a file’s modified date will change only on the device it’s edited on and won’t be synced to other devices.
Note: A file’s modified date won't change if you change the online-only/available offline status of the file.
To preserve the modified date of a file, upload or download the file using the Dropbox desktop app.
Note: A file’s modified date won't be preserved if the file is uploaded or downloaded using dropbox.com or a mobile device.
The following actions could result in conflicting modified dates:
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