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How do uninstall Dropbox Daemon from Linux (xubuntu 22.04.2)
Installed dropbox on a Linux VM and realized I'm limited to 3 clients, so it's gotta go again.
I used this tutorial (terminal installation method)
https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux
Am a Linux noob. Googling didn't help. List of installed packages unfiltered is absolutely massive (and nothing called dropbox), filtered by "drop" "box" or "dropbox" gives me nothing that looks like it would be it.
How do I get it off the system again?
3 Replies
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey BunnyGandhi, thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to the Community!
Have you tried the steps outlined here perhaps?
Apart from that, you can also remove any devices that put your over your account's device limit from your Security page as well.
I hope this helps and please keep us posted!
Hi.
Thanks for the reply!
Yes, I tried those. None of them returned any output suggesting a successful uninstall.
But from what I have gathered so far, the command line installation can be removed by merely deleting the folders/files created by it, as the functionality is linked to the attached Python script (?). So there is no actual app process running or anything beyond the one or two folders created, no background processes etc.
A person more versed in Linux than I am pointed out that the download includes a readme with information on how it works and that new users should use an installer rather than the command line method. Might be a good idea to bring that information onto the site with installation instructions, as Linux beginners... well me at least... would have a hard time finding that readme.
- Jay
Hi BunnyGandhi, could you try the following two commands to see if they help?
systemctl --user disable --now dropbox.service
rm -rf ~/.dropbox-dist
