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Champeen Reet
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Deleting files from a business I no longer work with—just from my own Dropbox account?

New owners bought the company I worked for and essentially fired almost all the staff. Apparently they also shut us out of their Dropbox account—I can neither drag company files onto my desktop, nor ...
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Champeen Reet's avatar
Champeen Reet
Explorer | Level 3

Alas, you’re talking to a technologically challenged senior citizen.  When I click on the Dropbox icon, my files and the company’s appear in the same window.  I've downloaded my personal files to my desktop; should I delete both accounts and set up a new one? (That's presuming I can delete a business account from my computer.)

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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi Champeen Reet, did you try the steps provided by my colleague to sign out of the Dropbox account?

 

Are you able to access the preferences from the system tray/menu bar?

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