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How do I remove Dropbox from my Mac if I get an error message when attempting to uninstall?
I am trying to delete the Dropbox app from my Mac, but it gives me an error message saying 'The item “Dropbox” can’t be moved to the Trash because some of its plugins are in use', even after closing ...
I had the same problem:
Open Activity Monitor (search for it with spotlight) and force quit the Dropbox process (I used the searchbox on the right to find it)
After that I could delete the application
What happens to all of the shared stuff? Is it gone now?
Well, I wanted to keep all of my documents but uninstall from my MacBook so I moved all of the data back to dropbox before attempting to uninstall. There are a few options of what could have happened to the data.
If you saved it to an alternate spot then you still have the data.
If you moved it all back to dropbox, then all of your data is in your online dropbox account.
If you did as I suggested in my first post and delete all data from within all dropbox folders then the folders, AND you deleted all of the data from your trash, then yes, all of your data and the program dropbox are gone.
Glad this worked for you.
