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Padraigincanada
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago
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Is it possible to rename the Dropbox folder to Dropbox instead of Dropbox (Personal)?

I want to get rid of (Personal) in my dropbox root folder now that I've stopped using Dropbox business.  "Jane" gives a great desription of how to change it on my mac, on this page: https://www.dropb...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    8 years ago
    Hi there, the steps there are for a different reason.
     
    The (Personal) part of the name will only disappear if you unpair your personal account from the team account.
     
    If it’s still connected to a team account, then that tag will remain there and can’t be removed otherwise.
     
    After you’ve disconnected the accounts, you can reboot your computer and the folder should be automatically renamed.
     
    Let me know how it goes!
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Jay
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7 years ago
Hi Nicholas, if this is the case, and you’ve already rebooted your machine completely, then you might need to try an advanced reinstall of the app and prior to installing, delete the local Dropbox folder.
 
However, you can copy those files to another folder on your machine and later copy them back into your Dropbox folder, similar to the following steps here, to prevent having to re-download them again from scratch.
 
Let me know if this works!
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SaturdayScience
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

Why can't Dropbox team develop a simple 'rename' function? Why do you force root folder names upon us, in particular with sapces. With spaces in your imposed folder names Dropbox is incompatible with plenty of software. All for the sake of a simple "F2" folder rename function.

  • Mr_and_Mrs_D's avatar
    Mr_and_Mrs_D
    Helpful | Level 6
    6 years ago

    I used to be on Windows 7 and my dropbox folder was named Dropbox despite I had linked my work account  - now on windows 10 it is named Dropbox (Personal). Apart from breaking my existing shortcuts, adding a space and other 10 characters in the path it also seems ugly. Can't I really _not_ get rid of this "Personal" and name it just Dropbox?

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      Fiona
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      6 years ago

      Hi Mr_and_Mrs_D, 

      If the desktop application hosts two accounts of yours, one personal and one business, there is no way to remove the "Personal". However, if you choose to unpair the 2 accounts and you would keep the personal only synced to your desktop app, then it would switch back to just "Dropbox." 

      I understand this is not a solution to what you need. I am only explaining how this currently works since I have no solution to offer. 

      Thank you for your participation and feedback. 

      • Mr_and_Mrs_D's avatar
        Mr_and_Mrs_D
        Helpful | Level 6
        6 years ago

        Hi Fiona ,

        It used to work on windows 7 however (till yesterday) - I had managed to get rid of that "personal" and have both my accounts synced, I just don't remember how I did it (a year ago). Can I sync outside of the dropbox app?

        Thanks

         

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