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How to import creatives from Dropbox

Last updated June 10, 2026

If your creatives already live in Dropbox, you don't have to download and re-upload them. uplads has a built-in Dropbox browser that lets you navigate your folders, preview files, and pull selected creatives straight into your media library — all without leaving the launch wizard.

One important thing to know up front: uplads links to your Dropbox files rather than copying them. The files stay in Dropbox. If you move or delete a file there later, it becomes unavailable for launches, so keep imported creatives in place until you've launched.

Before you start

You'll need Dropbox connected to your workspace. If you haven't done that yet, see How to connect Dropbox to import creatives. If Dropbox isn't connected, clicking the Dropbox button opens the connection flow instead of the browser.

Opening the Dropbox browser

The Dropbox browser lives in the Creatives step of the bulk launch wizard, on the Media Library tab.

  1. Start or resume a launch and go to the Creatives step.
  2. Find the cloud import buttons above the media grid.
  3. Click Import from Dropbox. (If Dropbox isn't connected yet, the button reads Connect Dropbox and starts the connection instead.)

The Import from Dropbox dialog opens, showing the root of your Dropbox.

Navigating folders

The dialog has two ways to move around, mirroring the Dropbox web app:

  • Folder tree sidebar on the left — expand a folder with the chevron, or click a folder name to jump straight into it.
  • Breadcrumbs along the top of the main panel — they show your current path (for example, Dropbox › Campaigns › Q3). Click any earlier segment to hop back up the tree.

Click a folder in the main list to drill into it. Use the breadcrumbs or sidebar to back out. The Refresh icon (top right) re-fetches the current folder if files changed in Dropbox while the dialog was open. Large folders load in pages — click Load more at the bottom to fetch the next batch.

Previewing files

Each file shows a thumbnail (resolved live from Dropbox), its file size, and its last-modified date. Image files render an actual preview; videos and other files show a placeholder icon. This makes it easy to spot the right creative without opening Dropbox separately.

Searching, filtering, and changing the view

  • Search — type in the search box to run a full-text filename search across your entire Dropbox. Results appear after a brief pause and show each file's parent folder so you know where it lives. Clear the box (or click the ✕) to return to the folder you were browsing.
  • Show all files — by default the browser only shows supported media files (and folders). Tick Show all files to reveal everything in the folder, including non-media files.
  • Grid / list view — use the toggle in the top-right to switch between a dense list and a tile grid with larger thumbnails. It's purely visual; your selection carries over either way.

Selecting and importing files

You can select individual files, whole folders, or a mix of both.

  1. Tick the checkbox on any file to select it.
  2. To grab everything inside a folder at once, tick the folder's checkbox. uplads counts the media files inside and shows the running total (folders are scanned recursively, up to 5,000 files).
  3. Watch the footer summary — it shows something like "3 files + 1 folder · 27 files total" once any selected folders finish counting.
  4. Click Import to pull the selected creatives into your media library.

When the import finishes, the dialog closes and your new creatives appear in the media grid, ready to select for the launch. If some files fail but others succeed, uplads imports what it can and tells you how many came through. Imports are processed in batches behind the scenes, so even large folder selections work in one click.

Which file formats are supported

The browser recognizes the same creative formats uplads accepts elsewhere:

  • Images — JPG / JPEG, PNG, WEBP, GIF, HEIC, HEIF
  • Videos — MP4, MOV, WEBM, M4V

Anything outside these types is hidden unless you turn on Show all files, and only supported media is counted when you select a whole folder.

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