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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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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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Bigalk
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

I had a dropbox (personal) & (Myfamily).  The Myfamily userid has been compromised &I deleted it. How can i remove personal from te dropbox name?  I don't have a business accout and am not sure how I ended up with the 2 dropboxes in te first place.

 

Thanks

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    6 years ago

    Hi Bigalk, thanks for posting today!

     

    If you want to rename the personal Dropbox folder, you’ll need to unlink the personal and work accounts (the work account being the Myfamily account).

     

    You can unlink them using the steps here. Afterwards, a reboot of the computer would help.

     

    Let me know how it goes!

    • Bigalk's avatar
      Bigalk
      Explorer | Level 3
      6 years ago

      Jay,

      Thanks for your help.  I was unable to get rid of the Dropbox (Personal) . The (Myfamily) is  not connected and I was able to remove all data from  it  and remove it from my PC.  My main concern was my ID on the Dropbox (Myfamily) was hacked and I want to make sure  that there is no relationship between the 2 IDs. I don't know if my other ID still has a dropbox.

       

      Thanks,

      Al

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        6 years ago

        Thanks for the info. Since they would be under separate emails, there isn't a way to access the personal account from the other account.

         

        If you have any shared folders on your account that are shared with the MyFamily account, remove them as a member so that changes won't be made to files in those folder.

         

        Hope this helps!

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