You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

Forum Discussion

Robert M.67's avatar
Robert M.67
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Removing Dropbox from old computer

I recently bought a new computer.  I set it up with my existing DB account.  It synced all the files.  Everything is fine.  I now want to disconnect the old computer from DB. 1)  If I delete the DB...
Security
  • Rick_M's avatar
    Rick_M
    9 years ago

    The answer to question 1 is ....Yes!  The deletes are "synced".

    Q2: reformating removes the dropbox client and so nothing happens.

    So, first you "unlink the old computer" from the dropbox account then you can keep old files, reformat, whatever.  Look at https://www.dropbox.com/account#security

    and find under "devices" the old computer.

Rick_M's avatar
Rick_M
Experienced | Level 13
9 years ago

The answer to question 1 is ....Yes!  The deletes are "synced".

Q2: reformating removes the dropbox client and so nothing happens.

So, first you "unlink the old computer" from the dropbox account then you can keep old files, reformat, whatever.  Look at https://www.dropbox.com/account#security

and find under "devices" the old computer.

About Security and Permissions

Start a discussion in the Dropbox Community forum to get help with your account security and permissions. Find support from Community members.

Need more support

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X or Facebook.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!