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AHolyoake's avatar
AHolyoake
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Can't uninstall Dropbox from Windows 10

I've been trying to uninstall Dropbox from my laptop, it's a HP with Windows 10 Pro. I've unlinked it from the Dropbox website but it's still taking up space in my laptop. I've also uninstalled the a...
  • ernstMreicher58's avatar
    ernstMreicher58
    8 years ago

    AHolyoake wrote:

    Thank you! Does that mean it won't get deleted from the cloud? 


    Hopefully not!!!!

    Just uninstalling on a device must not mean that the account is fully deleted!!!

    Perhaps you just wanted to uninstall on this hardware and install on another!!!

     

    To permanently delete your account you have to go to the web interface (www.dropbox.com) and log in with your user/pasword and go to settings and then second tab from left. Far down at the bottom you find: "Delete my personal Dropbox" or something like that depending on your language....

    BUT THEN ALL YOUR DATA WILL BE DELTETED AND YOUR ACCOUNT IS CANCELED!!!!!!

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