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Cerebro
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Notification Badge in Menubar Icon - How Do I Make It Go Away?

Hi.  I'm running Dropbox v121.4.4267 on Mac OS High Sierra.  I don't if something happened with an automatic update.  Now, I'm getting something I haven't seen before.  I, suddenly, have a red badge ...
desktop
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epski
New member | Level 2

I'm having the same issue. There are no notifications anywhere. I've even turned off the badge preference in Dropbox Preferences, though it's unclear they are related. Still nothing. It's annoying seeing a new item notification and have it signify nothing. I may have to remove Dropbox from my computer if there is no resolution.

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epski
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Figured it out. I switched accounts to my business Dropbox and there was a notification of a new spam message from... Dropbox. Awesome. At least I got rid of it.

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