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Sabranise's avatar
Sabranise
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Deleting a "Zombie" Dropbox

Hello, I have a big issue with DropBox. I used it a while ago and when I didn't need it. I tried deleting it. So basically, I deleted only the destop dropbox stuff. I thought it was enough. But...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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2 years ago

Hey Sabranise, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

 

The white icon there seems like a reparse point Have you tried enabling the hidden files on your computer inside this folder to see if you can find anything?

 

Also, did you enable the Dropbox Backup feature at some point when you were using the desktop app on your computer?

 

Keep me posted!

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