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Genie123
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2 years ago
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Can't find Dropbox in the applications folder

sorry if this is a daft question but here we go ...   I use Dropbox across five different devices (two imacs, a macbook pro, ipad, and iphone). I'm selling one of the imacs and wanted to delete t...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    You can click on the dotted button next to your account's profile pic on the upper right corner of your homepage to access your backups Genie123 

     

    As for deleting your computer's backup, yes, that would be deleting it and re-enabling would be a manual process from your end. 

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Genie123
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

yep, that's got me there:

 

 

neither Sync or Manage Backups seem to offer the options outlined here for deleting the My Imac backup. 

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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey Genie123 - sorry to jump in, but could you navigate your backups page online and let me know if you see the option to delete your backup from there?

 

Also, do you see the 'beta' tag next to Dropbox Backup on that page? 

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