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WonderingAboutThat's avatar
WonderingAboutThat
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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After removing dropbox from my Mac, it still appears in "login" items. Help?

I am running the latest version of Ventura on Mac. After being a long time fan of dropbox, I decided to stop using it after having problems with the syncing function and the way it would move files a...
desktop
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  • BCW_HW's avatar
    BCW_HW
    2 years ago

    Thank you so much!! This terminal command

    cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents
rm com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist

    finally solved my issue of Dropbox appearing in the Allow in the Background menu under Login Items. Woot!

DoctrNikhil's avatar
DoctrNikhil
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Even after deleting the application, dropbox remains in "login items" underneath "Allow in the background."

To fix this, run the command in terminal 

 

cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents
rm com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist

 

 

BCW_HW's avatar
BCW_HW
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Thank you so much!! This terminal command

cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents
rm com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist

finally solved my issue of Dropbox appearing in the Allow in the Background menu under Login Items. Woot!

  • WonderingAboutThat's avatar
    WonderingAboutThat
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

     

    Oh my goodness it worked!! Finally!! Thank you!

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