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anastrophe
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago
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"View your recycle bin for Dropbox" - how can I disable this?

I'm not sure if it's a recent addition or if I simply didn't notice it before, but recently, at the bottom of the open "Recycle Bin" on Windows, it has a bar along the bottom that says "View your rec...
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  • TNTyce's avatar
    TNTyce
    2 years ago

    I found where this problem is coming from and located.

    If you have done anything with sync setting in Dropbox, this will appear in registry.

    Delete ONLY the blue highlighted entry RecycleBinUrl.

    It should then disappear in the Recycle Bin explorer area.

    It worked for me.

    FYI... IT IS NOT A WINDOWS OS level problem. It is created by Dropbox.

     

Mark's avatar
Mark
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2 years ago
TNTyce wrote:

Has there been any solution to this problem? I now have the same thing showing in my Recycle Bin explorer. It is very annoying. Thank you for any help.

It isnt a Dropbox issue I'm afraid - its something that has been done at OS level. 

 

Have you recently changed any files in Windows etc.?

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Peelsepuuppi
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

I had to make a forum registration just to reply to this. What an absurd statement.

Did this appear when you first install Windows. Did it appear when installing google drive? No, it appeared after installing Dropbox.

This is 1000% a Dropbox issue and has nothing to do with windows other than windows giving Dropbox developers the ability to do this. This feature was enabled by Dropbox developers and appears because they decided to make it.

They have the ability to take it away and the ability to provide users with a switch to remove it, if they want to.

It's ridiculous to blame Windows for something that the Dropbox team has consciously decided to implement in their program.

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