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Disable Icon Previews

Disabling Icon Previews allows you to browse files in Suite without having to stream each icon preview.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

macOS:

  1. Open a Finder window.

  2. Go to View → Show View Options (or press Command + J).

  3. Uncheck the box:

    Show icon preview

  4. To apply this setting to all folders of the same type, click Use as Defaults.

ℹ️ For each folder type (icon/list/column/gallery view), you can set separate defaults.


Windows:

  1. Open File Explorer

  2. Click the three dots shown in the picture below

  3. Select Options

  4. In the new window, go to the View tab. Under Advanced settings, find and check:

    Always show icons, never thumbnails

  5. Click Apply, then OK.

⚠️ This disables thumbnail previews for all files and folders, including those outside of the Suite drive.

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