How do I remove Dropbox from my Mac if I get an error message when attempting to uninstall?

Piet Hein C.,

Thank you!

Guys its simple, right click on Dropbox icon in your application folder, choose (Show Package Content) Delete all then delete the dropbox icon. 

I don't even recall installing Dropbox on an old 2007 MacBook, but the way I deleted it was to change a setting in Finder Preferences.  I set it to Empty Trash Securely.  Emptying then warned me that everything would be permanently erased, and the app went away peacefully.

I also was getting an error message saying that Dropbox could not be deleted because a plugin or extension was still running. I solved it by going to SYSTEM PREFERENCES --> EXTENSIONS --> ALL. I was able to find the dropbox extension there, unmark it to disable it, and then delete the Dropbox App without any problems. 

Short answer: Go to your mac's SYSTEM PREFERENCES --> EXTENSIONS --> ALL --> Unmark the Dropbox extension & then go to your mac's Finder --> right click Dropbox App--> Move to Trash

Thanks for this! I was able to close out the app within Activity Monitor but when I try to delete it now I get the message "The item “Dropbox” can’t be moved to the Trash because some of its extensions are in use." Can you help with how to fix this?

Actually, I had to go to Activity Monitor and select the disk tab.  There, I had to force stop "Dropbox Finder integration". 

Stopping the process itself was not enough.

I did a search for "activity monitor"  and there were not results.  does everyone have activity monitor? 

It's not an application that someone will have. It's a utility on Mac computers, found in the Utilities folder under Applications.

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