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ColinD
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Remove Dropbox completely from my computer

Removing Dropbox from my computer is proving to be a nightmare. My computer Operating system is Windows 10. I have managed to un sync from my account and deleted all the folders concerned in my Dro...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago
    Okay, so it looks like you've already disabled the computer backup. Could you follow these steps to restore the default location of the folders?
Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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Thanks for the clarification here.

 

Can you please try the following steps, to see if they help?

 

1. Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray.
2. Click your profile picture or initials.
3. Click Preferences.
4. Click the Accounts tab.
5. Press 'alt+H'keys and at the same time click the Reset OS folders locations button.

6. Click 'Continue' to proceed.

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FrustratedUserB
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Thanks for this. I assume that I will need to re-install Dropbox first. 

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