How to use Dropbox Paper templates

Updated Apr 22, 2025

The information in this article applies to all Dropbox users.

You can use pre-designed Paper templates from Dropbox or create your own.

New to Dropbox? See Dropbox Paper's project planning template.

Note: This article is for Dropbox users on the old release of Dropbox Paper instead of the new 2020 release of Dropbox Paper.

To find out which release you’re using:

Log in to dropbox.com.
Click Create.
Hover over Document.

If you see Dropbox Paper in the list of document types, then you’re using the new 2020 release of Dropbox Paper.
If you don’t see Dropbox Paper in the list of document types, then you’re using the old release of Paper.

If you're on the 2020 release of Dropbox Paper, visit www.dropbox.com/paper/templates to find and use Paper templates pre-designed by Dropbox, and save them to your account on dropbox.com with the file type .papert.

To edit a template, find it in your account on dropbox.com, open it, and start editing.
To share a template, share it like you would a regular Dropbox file.
To delete a template, delete it like you would a regular Dropbox file.

Create a template

Open the Paper doc that you’d like to turn into a template.
Click (more options).
Click Templatize.

Use a template to create a doc

Log in to dropbox.com.
Click ☑ (dense grid organization) in the left sidebar.
Click Paper from the menu that appears.
Click Create with templates.
Hover over the template you’d like to use and click Create doc.

Edit a template

Note: You can only edit templates owned by you. To edit a pre-designed Dropbox template, create a doc from it and templatize it to have the option to edit it.