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.