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mepeter13
New member | Level 2
7 years ago
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How do I turn off the badge?

I work across a couple different computers, and so keep all my files on dropbox.  I can see the benefits of the badge, but I'm getting really tired of clicking "hide" every single time I open a docum...
desktop
Setting up the apps
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Lusil's avatar
Lusil
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7 years ago

Hey there emilymm, 

Could you try the following steps and see if they do the trick?

  • Enable Accessibility for Dropbox from your Mac's Preferences/Settings page. 
  • Enable the Dropbox badge. 
  • Apply the settings. 
  • Disable the Dropbox badge. 
  • Apply the settings. 
  • Disable Accessibility. 

Let me know how it goes!

GenevieveHubble's avatar
GenevieveHubble
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Thank you! This worked for me after the other suggestions hadn't.

:)

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