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How to remove my former employer's Dropbox files from my computer
Hello,
Complicated situation.
Old employer's dropbox is still set up on my PC. It was logged in via my bosses email, I think. I have the dropbox folder still visible in my file explorer with ...
ioasdasdasda wrote:
It still worries me that the folder itself was updating with files from the company up to a few days ago, even when, seemingly, I wasn't signed in on the Dropbox application.
If you could see files updating and the Dropbox application was still installed and running, then it was still signed in and syncing. The files can't sync if the application isn't signed in and running.
I'm still sort of terrified to delete the files.Don't be. As long as you've uninstalled Dropbox from the computer, there's no way that deleting the folder will affect anyone else.
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey ioasdasdasda, thanks for joining the Dropbox Community!
Can you send us a screenshot of the prompt asking you to sign in to the app?
If you go to the "account" tab in the app's preferences, do you see your employer's account linked there perhaps?
Let me know and we'll go from there.
Hi,
Since I uninstalled Dropbox in an attempt to remove the files, I just get a Windows error message when I try to open the Dropbox App.
Yet all the files are still accessible in my C: drive in the File Explorer.
Uninstalling the app was probably unwise 😕
- Rich
Super User II
ioasdasdasda wrote:
Since I uninstalled Dropbox in an attempt to remove the files ...
If you've uninstalled the application, you can safely delete the local Dropbox folder and it won't impact any other users. With the application gone, it can't sync.
Also note that uninstalling doesn't remove the Dropbox folder as doing that would delete your files. It's intended that you remove that folder manually, if you wish to do so, after the uninstall.
Ok, thank you! It still worries me that the folder itself was updating with files from the company up to a few days ago, even when, seemingly, I wasn't signed in on the Dropbox application. I'm still sort of terrified to delete the files. But thank you!
- Rich
ioasdasdasda wrote:
It still worries me that the folder itself was updating with files from the company up to a few days ago, even when, seemingly, I wasn't signed in on the Dropbox application.
If you could see files updating and the Dropbox application was still installed and running, then it was still signed in and syncing. The files can't sync if the application isn't signed in and running.
I'm still sort of terrified to delete the files.Don't be. As long as you've uninstalled Dropbox from the computer, there's no way that deleting the folder will affect anyone else.
