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Why is this service so poorly functional?

  • May 14, 2026
  • 1 reply
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I have a shared account for business between artist & manager, we mostly store short video files on box for social media content ease of access. 

Please tell me why none of my files will load on the web app, just eternal pinwheeling and nothing happening when I click download. So I’m like ok, let me troubleshoot. It tells me to fix this, download the desktop app for mac. I download the app, go to log in, and I’m stuck in a log in loop, where I click to log in in the browser, successfully log in, and then get taken back to the app log in page again anyway.  Try this a couple times, realise I’m not insane and this doesn’t work either, back to troubleshoot. The solution: use the web app. Am I crazy? Do most people just not simultaneously experience both of these issues? I only even downloaded the desktop app in the first place because the web version wasn’t working. Ad on searching, I see countless people having both of these issues with no resolution from Box. Absolutely shockingly bad service and customer service. Genuinely in awe of how stupidly terrible it is.

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Rona Box
  • Community Manager
  • May 14, 2026

Hi ​@bettina_bcb,

Welcome to Box Community, and we’re glad to help in accessing both your video file and your  Box application for desktop. 

 

First, video preview is available only to Business level Box accounts, and above. If you use a free or personal Box account, you can still preview video files owned by Business Plus-level accounts and above.

 

Meanwhile, we’ve identified that the login loop you experienced is a known cause for the Google association on the account combined with using the "Sign in with Google" flow during normal Box login. 

 

To address this, please follow the troubleshooting steps: 

  1. Sign in to Box on the web at Box.com, not in Box Drive.
  2. Open Account Settings from your profile icon.
  3. Go to the Integrations tab.
  4. Under linked applications, find Google.
  5. Click Reset association next to Google.
  6. Try signing in to Box Drive again.

Hope it helps! Let us know in the Community if you have additional questions.