When you connect Dropbox to Gemini Apps, you can ask Gemini to find, summarize, share, and manage your files and folders.
What you need
To connect your Dropbox to Gemini Apps, you need to:
- Be 18 or over and in the US.
- Be signed in to Gemini Apps with a personal Google Account. For now, this feature isn’t available if you sign in with a work or school Google Account. Learn how to sign in to Gemini Apps.
- Have Keep Activity on. Gemini can’t connect to Dropbox when this setting is off.
Important: For now, the Dropbox connected app is:
- Only available in English.
- Only available in the Gemini web app at gemini.google.com.
Connect Dropbox to Gemini Apps
- On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
- Ask Gemini to perform an action in Dropbox, like find files for a specific project.
- Tip: Mention “Dropbox” or add
@Dropboxto your prompt.
- Tip: Mention “Dropbox” or add
- If Dropbox isn’t connected, you’ll get the option to connect it.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to grant permission.
Tip: You can connect or disconnect the Dropbox app anytime in your Connected Apps settings.
Manage your files & folders
Important: You must confirm sensitive actions including requests to:
- Delete, share, or change permissions for files and folders.
- Perform bulk actions across content.
Gemini can perform a variety of actions with your Dropbox files and folders:
- Find & summarize: Find specific files and folders, and summarize and get info from your documents.
- Create and manage files & folders: Create, rename, copy, move, and delete files and folders in your cloud storage.
- Get file revisions & restore files: Get a file’s revision history, and restore a specific version.
Example prompts
- Find the latest design mockup in my 'Project Summer' folder on Dropbox and summarize its contents.
- List all of my active shared links on Dropbox for the file 'Q3 Financials.xlsx'.
- Show me the revision history for my Q4 business proposal. I want to restore the version from last Tuesday.
- Move all files inside my 'Receipts' folder to 'Finance 2026' and rename 'contract_draft.docx' to 'Contract_Final_v1.docx'.
How your data is handled
Learn more about how your data is handled when Gemini works with Connected Apps.