You can also switch off startup loading in Dropbox itself. Select Dropbox and click the - at the bottom to remove it: To stop Dropbox from launching at startup manually, go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items. In the Login Items, you will find Dropbox Login Item, which you can remove: Open the app, go to Optimization, and click View All Items. You can do this through CleanMyMac X Optimization tool. If you don’t use Dropbox often and don’t want it hogging your RAM, you can switch off the app’s launch at startup. In a few moments, you app will be removed. Next, open CleanMyMac X and go to Uninstaller menu:įind Dropbox in All Applications and select it. Find the Dropbox icon in your Menu bar, click it, spot your profile icon/photo, click on it, and find Quit: Just like with the regular Dropbox uninstall, you need to quit Dropbox. You can also use an uninstaller to remove Dropbox. How to uninstall Dropbox using an uninstaller You can also reset your desktop Dropbox app by unlinking your device from your Dropbox account on the web as shown earlier in the article. This will remove all Dropbox app settings from your Mac and you will have to reset everything manually: Press Go.įinder will open your Dropbox system folder where you can select and delete all the files:ĭrag the files to Trash or use keyboard shortcut Command + Delete. To remove Dropbox app settings, open Finder and press Shift + Command + G (or Finder > Go > Go to Folder…) and type in ~/.dropbox in the pop up search window. If you just want to reset all the settings in your Dropbox app, you can easily remove the app’s files in the respective library folder and reset the app. Go to the Sync tab there:Ĭlick Choose folders to uncheck any folder on your Mac that you might be syncing to Dropbox.
Go to Dropbox menu in the Menu bar, click on your profile pic, and select Preferences. You can also cancel syncing of your folders to your Dropbox account. Click on the trash icon to unlink a device and confirm. You’ll see all the devices you linked to your Dropbox account and will be able to unlink any of them. Go to Security tab and scroll down to Devices. To do that, open Dropbox on the web at, click on your profile image, and click Settings. One way to make sure you don’t accidentally sync any changes to your files before you uninstall is to unlink your device from your Dropbox account. It does not look like uninstalling Dropbox app from Mac affects the files stored in the cloud storage. We’ve also noticed that the dedicated Dropbox folder with our files stayed in the default Home folder for Dropbox files (this can be changed in Preferences). Uninstalling Dropbox app on Mac did not affect the files we kept in our account as they all remained available on the web: Removing these is not necessary but they will take up space on your hard drive unless you delete them. Press Go to open the Library folder:Īs you can see, you might have a Dropbox folder in there still, as well as some Dropbox files and folders in other parts of the library, like Cookies, Cache, Containers, Group containers, Preferences, Launch agents, and more. Open Finder and use Shift + Command + G key combination to go to Library. They are normally stored in several of your Library folders. Now, you might want to also delete any of the app’s leftover support files on your Mac. Open the folder and go through the files manually if you are not sure. This will not only delete your app, but the files you’ve added to the app’s folder as well, so make sure you backup everything you don’t want to delete. Or use the standard keyboard shortcut Shift + Command + H. The folder should be located in your Home folder. If you want to also delete your Dropbox folder with the files you’ve added there, just drag and drop it to Trash. To do that, click on the Dropbox icon in the Menu bar, then your profile icon, and select Quit: If your Dropbox is set to open at startup or you’ve opened it yourself, you need to quit the app before dragging it to Trash. Empty Trash to permanently remove the app. Uninstalling Dropbox from your Mac is just like removing any other application – open Finder > Applications, find Dropbox and drag it to Trash. Even if Dropbox is failing to uninstall, we have a few ideas that you can try to fix this. If you don’t know where to begin, we have this handy guide for you.
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