Unlink Dropbox on laptop and relink to another account (OSX)

[Thomas C. G.]

I am logged into a dropbox account on my laptop (desktop app) and should leave this account to connect to an other account. When I sign out of the first account under preferences in the desktop app, the app closes. When opening the app again, I'm automatically logged into the same account again. How can I connect to the second account? Even de-installing and re-installing the desktop app did not fix this. Any idea why this happens and how to solve it? Thanks for all your input, Tom

[Megan]

Hey again, @Thomas C. G.! I hope you're having a good Wednesday! 

The first we'd need to check is if you're signed into the correct account on our website too. 

So, if you have Account A connected to your desktop app, and you need to sign out of it and sign into Account B, then you'd also need to do the same on our website before connecting the app.

Want to give it a go, and let me know if this works out for you? Thanks!

[Thomas C. G.]

Hi Megan

thanks for your fast reply! Ok, I gave it a try - but no success. Here's what I did: I signed out of Account A on the desktop app as well as on the dropbox website. I then deinstalled the desktop app and made a system restart before I reinstalled it. I then went to the dropbox website and logged into Account B. After that I opened the desktop app and was automatically logged in Account A again...

Did I make any mistake here or is there something wrong with my system...?

[Megan · Accepted solution]

Thanks for trying @Thomas C. G.!

Let's try one more thing. 

Can you access Account A online, then visit your security page and remove your existing device? 

Once you do that, you can access Account B online, restart your device and see if the app behaves the same way, and if it redirects you to Account A again.

[Thomas C. G.]

Hi Megan
thanks for your help, that did the trick! I didn't even know there's a list of devices connected with my account(s) online available 😉 After deleting the device, I was presented with a login screen again and could easily connect to Account B, perfect!
Have a great and successful day,
Thomas

[Megan]

Amazing news! 

That's what I like to hear (or read in our case) @Thomas C. G.!

Enjoy the rest of your week ahead! 😎