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    I'm having trouble removing Dropbox. What should I do if I did not unlink Dropbox first?
    Jamie “Neproshennie” Ivanov
    Jamie “Neproshennie” Ivanov
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    If you go to dropbox.com and go to your account settings, there will be a security tab where you can see all of your linked devices. From there, you can forcibly unlink the account from the device, or if you forgot to remove Dropbox, you can unlink the device AND have the dropbox application erase all of your dropbox content on that machine.
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    Dropbox won't delete because some of its extensions are open. What should I do?
    Ruah
    Ruah
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    If it won't delete, then close those extensions. Once they are closed, it should delete.
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    How do I find the account settings on Dropbox?
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    Community Answer
    Log in and click on the avatar at the top-right corner, then select 'Settings'. On the page there is a 'Security' tab at the top, and down that page you will see the 'Device' section (where you can unlink a device).
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    How do you close the extensions?
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    Open Activity Monitor (search for it with spotlight) and force quit the Dropbox process (you can use the searchbox on the right to find it). After that, you can delete the application.
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    What do I do if I can't delete Dropbox if the extensions are open?
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    Open Activity Monitor (search for it with Spotlight) and force quit the Dropbox process (you can use the searchbox on the right to find it). After that, you can delete the application.
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    Dropbox won't uninstall because some of its extensions are running in the background. How do I find what extensions are running?
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    Community Answer
    1. Control-click on the 'Dropbox' folder under 'Applications' and select 'Show Package Contents'. 2. Open it and delete the 'Plugins Folder'. 3. Afterwards, you should be able to remove the application.
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