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  <xs:element id="dbx_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterThreeYearsAmortizedCost" abstract="false" name="AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterThreeYearsAmortizedCost" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="debit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="dbx_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardSharesAvailableForIssuanceRollForward" abstract="true" name="SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardSharesAvailableForIssuanceRollForward" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType"/>
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  <xs:element id="dbx_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherLiabilities" abstract="false" name="IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherLiabilities" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
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  <xs:element id="dbx_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsReleasedinPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue" abstract="false" name="SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsReleasedinPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types1:perShareItemType"/>
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  <xs:element id="dbx_FinanceLeaseTenantImprovementAllowanceReceivable" abstract="false" name="FinanceLeaseTenantImprovementAllowanceReceivable" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="debit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
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  <xs:element id="dbx_CreditAndGuaranteeAgreementMember" abstract="true" name="CreditAndGuaranteeAgreementMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types1:domainItemType"/>
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  <xs:element id="dbx_ShortTermInvestmentsNumberofSecurityTypes" abstract="false" name="ShortTermInvestmentsNumberofSecurityTypes" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="dbx_CommonStockVoteEquivalent" abstract="false" name="CommonStockVoteEquivalent" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType"/>
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</xs:schema>
