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anastrophe's avatar
anastrophe
Helpful | Level 6
6 months ago

"View your recycle bin for Dropbox" - how can I disable this?

I'm not sure if it's a recent addition or if I simply didn't notice it before, but recently, at the bottom of the open "Recycle Bin" on Windows, it has a bar along the bottom that says "View your rec...
  • TNTyce's avatar
    TNTyce
    2 months ago

    I found where this problem is coming from and located.

    If you have done anything with sync setting in Dropbox, this will appear in registry.

    Delete ONLY the blue highlighted entry RecycleBinUrl.

    It should then disappear in the Recycle Bin explorer area.

    It worked for me.

    FYI... IT IS NOT A WINDOWS OS level problem. It is created by Dropbox.

     

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