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Dropbox: Understanding App Permissions (Scopes) for Backups Print

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Overview

Dropbox uses OAuth scopes to control what your app can do. If scopes are missing, uploads, listing, or deletion may fail.

Recommended Capabilities

  • Upload files
  • List files / metadata (needed for verify remote)
  • Delete files (needed for delete remote)

Common Symptoms of Missing Scopes

  • Upload works but verify fails
  • Verify works but delete remote fails
  • All actions return “unauthorized”

Fix

Update the Dropbox app permissions/scopes, then re-authorize and generate a new token if required.


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