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Droplr Tips: 8 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Droplr

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Droplr has a lot of features, think you know them all? After years of using it day in and day out, our customers find new ways to use Droplr that we haven’t even thought about. Without further ado, here are 8 Droplr tips that you can use to improve your workflow and increase productivity.

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All you have to do is paste, and your custom short link is right there. You can do this by right clicking on your mouse and selecting paste, or use the keyboard shortcut ‘command + v’, and you’re all set!

10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do with Droplr
If you’re like us, and have many links you want to share, Slack doesn’t care – it will preview all the links even if you paste 10 of them at once, just try it out!

3. Drag and drop anything for easy file sharing


If you’re like most people, you probably have a cluttered desktop. All you have to do is drag any file up to your menubar and Voila! Your files are safe in the cloud.


Shorten any lengthy URL link quicker than you can go to bitly.com with Droplr.

5. See how many times your drops have been viewed


See who has opened your last sent invoice or how many times your documents have been opened. For a quick count, just use the dropdown to see the number on the right of the file. In the dashboard, see more detailed stats by clicking on the drop to see your top referrers and total visits.

6. Create a self destructing file


We all share some things we don’t want to keep around forever. Maybe it’s credit card information, or maybe a time sensitive document. Just toggle the individual drop to change the settings in Droplr. You can also password protect them from here as well! Head to your dashboard to control your drop’s privacy settings.

7. Use this shortcut to get to your Droplr dashboard fast


Tired of going to d.pr to head to your dashboard? Try this little shortcut, it works like a charm!

8. Right-click to quickly share a file

10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do with Droplr
Similar to dragging and dropping, right click on anything you want to add to your Droplr library. It will upload in seconds.

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