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Jeremy C.3
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

How do I remove the Dropbox icon from the Windows 10 file explorer?

Since upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, there is a Dropbox icon in the Windows file explorer navigation pane.  I already have a link to Dropbox and other cloud-storage options in the Quick link...
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Jeremy C.3
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Hi Rick M,

But I don't want to change the icon - I want to get rid of it from the navigation pane... and since this visible icon is at top level - at the same level as "Quick access", "Computer" etc., I don't see that there is any way to get it into the right hand pane.

Or do you mean, follow the path to the actual Dropbox folder, i.e.  C:\users\Jeremy\Dropbox and get *that* icon in the right hand pane?  If so, yes, I can change the icon there (and it changes to show an updated tick), but it doesn't change the appearance of the icon in the navigation pane (still a box), nor does it delete it from the navigation pane which is what I want to do.

Here's screenshot of the changed icon. Now what?

 

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