# Dropbox

> Have your Dropbox files translated

URL: https://store.crowdin.com/dropbox_integration_app
Category: File Management & Storage
Type: App
Author: Crowdin

Translate your Dropbox content with ease. Setup integration once, define your localization workflow and spend less time managing translations.

> Dropbox is a cloud storage service that provides secure file sharing and their synchronization to other devices.

## Features at a glance


 - Quick translation of your files stored at Dropbox.
 - Manual content synchronization before and after translation.
 - Auto-sync of source content and translations.
 - WYSIWYG file preview for translators.
 - Quick sync and translation of even minor content updates, like a new sentence or a changed word.

## Dropbox translation connector overview


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## Setting up the Dropbox connector


After installing the application, you will find it in your project *Integrations* section.


Follow the instructions on the screen to connect your Dropbox account.

![Dropbox configuration](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/3a20d9a7-b49e-479c-b35e-27088c9134ad.png)

![Allow access to your files](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/519fd7ec-240e-43cd-a006-a431b7f3692f.png)

## Manual synchronization


To import content for translation from Dropbox, follow these steps:


 1. Open the Dropbox integration.
 2. In the Dropbox section (right panel), select the files that should be translated.
 3. Click Sync.

![Sync Dropbox files to Crowdin](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/e75cd70a-079b-4a70-9890-cab0e87e84b9.png)

To export translations to Dropbox, follow these steps:


 1. Open the Dropbox integration.
 2. In the left section, select the files that will be synced to Dropbox.
 3. Click Sync to Dropbox.

![Dropbox translation synchronization.](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/cc185153-fda3-4d03-b3f6-10cede897031.png)

## Auto content synchronization


To automatically import content for translation from Dropbox choose files and click Scheduled sync in the right panel in the Dropbox integration. The file you chose will be pushed once at a scheduled time (by default, it is done once a day). The same button is used to export translated files from Crowdin to Dropbox (in the left panel). You may disable this by clicking Disable Sync.