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Chinky P.'s avatar
Chinky P.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

UNINSTALL with a Mac

I want to get rid of Dropbox entirely from my Mac. I'm not a very advanced Mac user, and ordinarily apps can be uninstalled with ease, but not with Dropbox. I followed all the procedures according to...
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  • Robert S.'s avatar
    Robert S.
    10 years ago

    Open the Dropbox app and under its setting uncheck enable Finder integration. Then quit the app and try to drag it to the trash.

    I cannot say for certain this will work but a few users have reported they had success with this route.

    * I would also uncheck "Start Dropbox on system startup", doing this will allow you to log out and back in if the initial uninstall attempt above doesn't work. After the log out and in, you should be able to remove the app with no issue. 

Tom_H's avatar
Tom_H
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10 years ago

We try to help as much as possible (Super Users and users in general). Super Users are but users just like yourself, and we spend a fair amount of time here helping others. 

You did post to the User to User forums. With just a splash of staff here and there. 

Having said all that, I have started seeing more and more staff posts here in the forums. 

The staff are always available to answer questions through the ticket system. https://www.dropbox.com/support 

 

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