Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox 👨💻? Find out how to check here.
Forum Discussion
Dannemannet
4 years agoHelpful | Level 6
New installation stuck on "Syncing..." Windows 10
Hello, I need to get some second opinions on my issue since the support only wants to talk via email and suggests one option at a time which makes it take forever to troubleshoot. I have just g...
- 4 years ago
I finally fixed the issue by unlinking every single device and session I had on my account. So removing the connection to the mobile app, my other computer, and any logged-in sessions through the web. Previously I had only tried removing the problematic device but that didn't help.
For me that meant going to dropbox.com on my browser>Admin Console>Members>Click on my name>Scroll down to "Devices" and "Web sessions">Click the "x" to the right of all of your devices. I choose to skip deleting the data on my other computer and that seemed to be ok.
Then sign in through the desktop app on your computer again, go through the setup of folders and it started syncing finally.
Spacesarenotpermitted
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
I'm having this exact same problem on my new computer and have gone through most of what you have. Thanks for posting your solution, I will do the same thing and see how it goes. t would be good if we knew the "why" of this problem.
Kim chao
4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi,I also got this problem, the dropbox can't anything with my new computer,may I ask have you fix this problem with Dannemannet's way?
About View, download, and export
Need support with viewing, downloading, and exporting files and folders from your Dropbox account? Find help from the Dropbox Community.
The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.
If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.
For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.
If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!