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Padraigincanada
Helpful | Level 5
7 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
    7 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
5 years ago
I think I got rid of personal on my PC, but the online Dropbox still says personal.
Now Everytime I star up my PCI get asked if Dropbox can make changes..like I just installed it. I may have to give up my 12G of space and use Google Drive instead!
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Jay
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5 years ago

Hi Bigalk, thanks for getting back to me. The Dropbox site would still show your account as personal on this page, and on the bottom left of the page, just to distinguish it from a Business plan.

 

It shouldn't show up on your PC any more provided it was unpaired from your work plan.

 

If it's not showing there, could you forward a screenshot showing where you're seeing this info? Thanks!

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