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Douglas F.9
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

My laptop was stolen - what can I do?

My laptop was stolen and there's  information on it stored locally in Dropbox.  I read with interest that you can do a Remote wipe i.e  Clear files from lost or stolen devices to keep company files i...
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    Mark
    9 years ago

    I have already unlinked the device but didn't see any option to do a remote wipe, does this mean I cant do a remote wipe.

    Yes, As soon as you unlink it there is now way of removing data off the device - remote wipe is only available to Pro and Business users and so only those users see it when they unlink. 

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Mark
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9 years ago

No, theres nothing I'm afraid. 

By unlinking it the device has no connection at all back to Dropbox. Its only possible to relink to Dropbox now via the device itself. 

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