From Dropbox to SafeDoc

1. Create an account: sign up for free and confirm your email address. You get 5 GB of storage, no payment details.
2. Download: download your files from Dropbox.
3. Upload: upload them to SafeDoc – whole folders at once.
4. Share again: create new links and send them to everyone who needs access.

The official way is via the Dropbox website:

1. Sign in at dropbox.com.
2. Select a file or a folder.
3. Click “Download”. Folders arrive as a ZIP file.

According to the Dropbox help centre, a folder can only be downloaded if it is smaller than 250 GB and contains fewer than 10,000 files. Download larger folders in parts. Or use the Dropbox desktop app: there your files already sit in a folder on your hard drive.

There are three ways. Pick the one that is easiest for you:

• Upload a folder: in “Meine Dateien” (My files) click “Neu” → “Ordner hochladen” (New → Upload folder). Subfolders are kept. You can also simply drag the folder into the browser window.
• Large files: files up to 100 GB (depending on plan) go in parts. If a part fails, SafeDoc sends it again. Keep the tab open until everything is done.
• As a drive (from Plus): connect SafeDoc to Explorer or Finder and copy folders as if to a hard drive. Paid plans · soon The guide is at Connect as a drive.

More help: Bring your files over from Dropbox.

Links always belong to the service they were created with. Your old links do not work in SafeDoc. Create new ones:

Tip: note down beforehand whom you sent which links to. Then send the new ones all at once. More in our guide sharing files.

Dropbox fully discontinued its password manager Dropbox Passwords on 28 October 2025. From 28 August 2025 it was view-only. According to Dropbox, the entries were then deleted from its servers. Before that, they could be exported as a file.

You still have the export file?

The file is usually called “exported_dropbox_accounts.csv”. Then the move works like this:

1. Sign in to SafeDoc and open “Passwörter” → “Import” (Passwords → Import).
2. Choose the file. SafeDoc recognises the format by itself.
3. Check the preview: title, username, address. Only then do you save.
4. Afterwards delete the export file from your device. It contains your passwords in readable form.

The file is only read in your browser and encrypted there. It is not sent to us. Logins, notes and one-time codes (2FA) come along, and several addresses in one entry are split up. Payment cards are saved as cards. If we do not recognise a column, it is kept as an extra field in the entry – nothing gets lost.

You do not have an export file?

Then there is nothing left to retrieve from Dropbox. Often, though, the passwords are still stored elsewhere – in your browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) or in another password manager you used in between. Export a file from there and import it the same way. SafeDoc reads files from Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Bitwarden, 1Password and KeePass.

More about the SafeDoc password manager · Guide in the help centre: Import passwords from Dropbox

Dropbox discontinued its protected folder Dropbox Vault on 4 March 2025. According to Dropbox, a Vault folder then became a normal folder without a PIN. So your files are still in your Dropbox – just without the extra protection.

SafeDoc offers the private vault Beta. Files are encrypted on your device before they are uploaded. Only you hold the key. The vault is part of the Pro, Familie, Business Pro plans – these plans cannot be booked yet.

1. Download the files from your former Vault folder at Dropbox (see step 1).
2. Open “Privater Tresor” (Private vault) in SafeDoc and set it up.
3. Keep your recovery key safe – without it nobody can get to the files any more, not even us.
4. Upload the files to the vault and then delete the downloaded copies you no longer need.

• Count: compare the number of files and open a few samples.
• Plan for space: at SafeDoc, the trash and older versions count towards storage. Allow some reserve.
• Do not cancel too early: only cancel or delete with your old provider once everything is uploaded and checked.
• Where your files are stored: Files and database are stored in data centres in Germany. Backups are also planned for Germany; they are being set up right now.

All statements about Dropbox on this page come from these sources. Retrieved on 11 October 2026:

• Discontinuation of Dropbox Passwords (dates 28 Aug, 11 Sep and 28 Oct 2025, CSV export): Dropbox help “Dropbox Passwords discontinuation”
• Limits for folder downloads (250 GB, 10,000 files): Dropbox help “How to download a file or folder from Dropbox”
• Discontinuation of Dropbox Vault (4 March 2025, folder without PIN): Dropbox Community, reply from the Dropbox team