How to Use Multiple Dropbox Accounts on an Android Device

Dropbox is a great tool for storing files to Cloud. You can use it to store any content, whether it may be your work files or your personal files. Having multiple Dropbox account can be extremely helpful especially if you have separate accounts for your work files, photos, videos, music, etc. But the thing is, the Dropbox app only allows you to sign in to one account at a time. If you need to work on multiple Dropbox accounts on your Android device at the same time, using the ES File Explorer app will make it easy for you.

ES File Explorer is one of the most popular file managers for Android devices. It is a full-featured file and application manager app that allows you to delete, rename, share, search, and cut/copy/paste folders to different destinations. It allows you to manage your entire Android file system. Not only that, it also allows you to send and receive files over Wi-Fi.

ES can also function as a task killer, download manager, cloud storage client, FTP client, and LAN Samba client. It can also provide access to photos, videos, music, documents, and other files on your Android devices and your computers. It has a built-in ZIP and RAR support and can function as cache cleaner and autostart manager by deleting junk files that take up valuable storage space. It is compatible with a ton of cloud services, like Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Box.net, Sugarsync, Yandex, Media Fire, S3, and Bitcasa. Furthermore, ES File Explorer supports the use of multiple Dropbox accounts at once.

To use multiple Dropbox accounts using ES File Explorer on your Android device, follow these simple steps:

Use Multiple Dropbox Accounts on an Android Device

1. Download and install ES File Explorer File Manager at the Google Play Store free of charge.

2. Once installed, launch the ES File Explorer File Manager app on your Android device.

3. Tap the menu icon located at the top left side of the screen, and then tap Cloud.

4. Next, tap New (+) icon found on the left bottom corner of the window.

5. When the screen of supported cloud services appears, tap DropBox.

6. You will now be prompted to sign in to Dropbox. Enter your Dropbox username and password. Make sure to allow ES File Explorer the required permissions.

7. Your Dropbox account is now added to the Cloud section of ES File Explorer. Repeat Step 4 onwards for each Dropbox account you want to add.

Once you are done, you will be able to see all the Dropbox accounts you added in the Cloud section. From there, you can treat the Dropbox accounts just like any local storage, and you will be able to copy and move files between locations.