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An easy-to-follow guide on removing Dropbox from your Mac
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Finished with Dropbox on your Mac? Want to uninstall it? Follow the steps of this article to make sure it all gets removed.
Steps
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Find Dropbox on your Mac menu bar. Click on the Dropbox icon.
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Quit Dropbox. Click on the Cog icon and then click Quit Dropbox .Advertisement
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Locate Dropbox in your Applications folder. Delete it by either right-clicking and selecting Move to Trash , or dragging it to your Trash Can.
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Locate your Dropbox folder to delete it too, if desired. Either right-click on the folder and select Move to Trash , or drag it to your Trash Can.
- Note that deleting the folder will also delete the contents. If these files are not saved in the cloud in your Dropbox account, you may want to copy them to another safe folder before deleting the Dropbox folder.
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Remove Dropbox from your Sidebar, if necessary. If you'd like to do this, right-click on the Dropbox name and select Remove from Sidebar .
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QuestionI'm having trouble removing Dropbox. What should I do if I did not unlink Dropbox first?Jamie “Neproshennie” IvanovCommunity AnswerIf you go to dropbox.com and go to your account settings, there will be a security tab where you can see all of your linked devices. From there, you can forcibly unlink the account from the device, or if you forgot to remove Dropbox, you can unlink the device AND have the dropbox application erase all of your dropbox content on that machine.
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QuestionDropbox won't delete because some of its extensions are open. What should I do?RuahCommunity AnswerIf it won't delete, then close those extensions. Once they are closed, it should delete.
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QuestionHow do I find the account settings on Dropbox?Community AnswerLog in and click on the avatar at the top-right corner, then select 'Settings'. On the page there is a 'Security' tab at the top, and down that page you will see the 'Device' section (where you can unlink a device).
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Tips
- The above methods may not delete the application but delete other stuff. Telling you that "The plugins" are still on use. For that, you will have to go to the extensions. Go to it like this: Click on the 'Dropbox application' then click spacebar for a view of it. Then click the box with the arrow coming out of it. You will see some options, click "more..." Now find dropbox in that extension box and uncheck mark it. Now you can delete it.Thanks
- Removing Dropbox from your computer will mean that your Dropbox account will no longer sync with the files on your computer.Thanks
- Uninstalling Dropbox from your computer will not delete your Dropbox account or automatically delete the files from your hard drive (unless you delete them manually, as described above).Thanks
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Warnings
- Beware that deleting your Dropbox folder may result in a loss of the most recent version of the files contained in it, if they haven't been synced to your online Dropbox account or moved elsewhere on your computer before deletion.Thanks
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References
- https://help.dropbox.com/installs/uninstall-dropbox -- research source
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