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mmo's avatar
mmo
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

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 b...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago

    @mmo  wrote: 
     

    Whenever I connect a USB stick to my computer Dropbox pops up and asks me whether I want to backup that stick to Dropbox ... how do I stop this annoying nonsense that I have never asked for?

    You can disable it on the Backup tab in Dropbox Preferences.

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

@mmo  wrote: 
 

Whenever I connect a USB stick to my computer Dropbox pops up and asks me whether I want to backup that stick to Dropbox ... how do I stop this annoying nonsense that I have never asked for?

You can disable it on the Backup tab in Dropbox Preferences.

WoofGrrrr's avatar
WoofGrrrr
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

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".

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hey WoofGrrrr, sorry to see you're having this issue.

     

    Can you quit the Dropbox application, restart your computer and then restart Dropbox, to see if that helps?

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