Integrate Dropbox Into Gmail: Dropbox For Gmail
Update (October 2026): Dropbox ended support for the Dropbox for Gmail Chrome extension in August 2021, and the Chrome Web Store link below no longer leads to it. Dropbox now offers a Dropbox for Gmail add-on that you install from Gmail's side panel instead; see Dropbox's help article.
Adding Dropbox into Gmail is pretty easy and extremely useful. As we've recently started integrating Dropbox heavily into our client workflows (as well as our own projects) I found it extremely annoying not to be able to easily share Dropbox files via email. Our choices were limited to:
- Don't share via Dropbox
- Go to Dropbox, get the share link via Dropbox, copy-paste into the email
- Go to Dropbox folder, find file, copy-paste into email
Now honestly, the last two aren't that horrible. But, having an easy to access interface comes in extremely handy for quick things. Especially if I wanted to save something from the email directly to dropbox for safe keeping. Thankfully there is now a handy extension for Chome aptly called "Dropbox For Gmail":
You can click the image above or go to this link to get it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dropbox-for-gmail/dpdmhfocilnekecfjgimjdeckachfbec If you'd like more information about this extension directly from Dropbox here is their documentation about it: What is Dropbox For Gmail?
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Peter Krzyzek
eter Krzyzek is co-founder and CTO of Chykalophia, the Chicago agency that builds strategy-led websites for established B2B companies, and co-author of Made to Sell.
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