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Anna W.1
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
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How can I logout of the desktop app?

I have a question! So I got dropbox on my computer, after it asked me to login. Now the dropbox shows on my mac, when I open finder on the left side there is a folder that says dropbox and when I c...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    11 years ago

    You don't log out. You can unlink your computer from Dropbox but this will stop all synchronization (though it will not prevent access to the files you have saved locally). Instead, you should be securing your computer user account. Create multiple accounts on your computer and secure yours with a password so that only you have access to the account and the files it contains.

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Virginia e.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Perfect!! Thank you so very much!

 

 

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