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garzjoe
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8 years ago
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How can I rename my device?

So I know I've been able to do it before...I have multiple PC's sycned up and I always name the devices like Work Laptop, Home PC, Home Laptop, etc... Under Settings-->Security-->Devices I can see...
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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    8 years ago
    Hey garzjoe, in order to change the name of a device to appear differently on the website, you’d have to change the name of the device itself. To do this, follow the steps below:
    1. Unlink your computer. 
    2. Change the name of the device from the computer’s settings. 
    3. Relink your device once more. 
    Since the security tab shows you a list of connected computers, the names shown online would have to match the names of the computers linked, making this device-specific.
     
    I hope this helped to some extent! :slight_smile:
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Lusil
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8 years ago
Hey garzjoe, in order to change the name of a device to appear differently on the website, you’d have to change the name of the device itself. To do this, follow the steps below:
  1. Unlink your computer. 
  2. Change the name of the device from the computer’s settings. 
  3. Relink your device once more. 
Since the security tab shows you a list of connected computers, the names shown online would have to match the names of the computers linked, making this device-specific.
 
I hope this helped to some extent! :slight_smile:
  • garzjoe's avatar
    garzjoe
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago
    Thank you Lusil! I had thought of that...but this particular device is my work PC so I don’t want to change the name of the PC locally.

    There was a time we were able to do this. My work PC had to get re-imaged it had a nickname I had given it. I deleted that device and now I’m stuck with this one, not a huge deal was hoping for a way to do this in DropBox but looks like they removed the feature for one reason or another.

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