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How to stop DropBox from asking whether to back up a USB stick
Whenever I connect a USB stick to my computer Dropbox pops up and asks me whether I want to backup that stick to Dropbox and I have to click that darn dialog away AGAIN. I never have and never will back up to Dropbox (I have my own NAS for that). So, how do I stop this annoying nonsense that I have never asked for?
And why is there no checkbox or button "Never ask me again"?
You can disable it on the Backup tab in Dropbox Preferences.
- Rich
Super User II
You can disable it on the Backup tab in Dropbox Preferences.
Thanks for the hint! It made me aware that my DropBox client obviously was in some odd state and while DropBox obviously still worked (as I could notice by these popups mentioned) and also properly synced files its icon did not show up anymore in the taskbar. No idea where it went...
Since I couldn't figure out, how to make it re-appear in the taskbar I un- and re-installed the DropBox client. Now it shows up again and I was able to open the preferences dialog and in that I was able to switch this off as suggested.
Thanks again!
I have UN-CHECKED "Show setup notifications when new external drives are plugged-in." and I am STILL getting these pop-ups.
Is this not the way to turn these off?
Also, I clicked AUTO-PLAY settings and UN-CHECKED "Use AutoPlay for all media and devices" (it is Off.)
In addition, under "Choose AutoPlay Defaults", "Removable drive" is set to "Take no action" and "Memory card" is also set to "Take no action".
The solution - disable it on the Backup tab in Dropbox Preferences - doesn't work for me. I cannot access Preferences, not on my Win 10 PC, not on the Dropbox web page.
- Rich
Taekmantle wrote:
I cannot access Preferences, not on my Win 10 PC, not on the Dropbox web page.
You access Preferences from the Dropbox application on your computer; not the Dropbox website. Why are you unable to access Preferences? What happens when you try?
