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How can I fully uninstall Dropbox?
I was looking for advanced instructions on how to fully uninstalling Dropbox, but I could not find any.
The standard uninstallation instruction leaves a bunch of leftover files/apps/startup i...
Hey george-p, thanks for joining us on the Dropbox Community!
We do have an article that gives you instructions on how to perform a more advanced reinstall of the Dropbox app.
If you follow steps 1-4, you should be able to accomplish what you want.
Here's the article for your convenience.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey george-p, thanks for joining us on the Dropbox Community!
We do have an article that gives you instructions on how to perform a more advanced reinstall of the Dropbox app.
If you follow steps 1-4, you should be able to accomplish what you want.
Here's the article for your convenience.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Worked perfectly. Nicely described. Thank you!
Hannah, I reviewed your post and the linked article in conjunction with my efforts to uninstall Dropbox and reinstall it using a completely different account. What I've experienced on several attempts, including manually deleting everything named "Dropbox" on the C:/ drive, drove me down to the information in the article about using RegEdit. I have used RegEdit quite a few times but it is always a last result and most people consider that necessity to suggest bad design on the installation/uninstallation software. It is still quite easy to make a mistake in RegEdit with disastrous effects.
Is there really no other way to completely disengage this computer from the previous Dropbox account ? Is anyone working on a safer, more robust solution to this issue ?
- Jay
Hi deejay4704, the advanced uninstallation is intended to remove all traces of Dropbox on a machine.
Signing out of the desktop app is enough to unlink the device from a specific Dropbox account, if that is what you require.
