Your workflow is unique 👨‍💻 -  tell us how you use Dropbox here.

Forum Discussion

Laionidas's avatar
Laionidas
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago
Solved

How to disable DropBox Update?

How do I prevent DropBox Update from booting on Windows (10 Pro) startup? I've tried everything (see screenshots below spoilertag), but it will still boot, and I have to kill it manually every time...
desktop
Setting up the apps
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago
    schroumpf wrote:

    I think tampering with a private (or company) computer without authorisation is called 'hacking' and I believ it is illegal.

    When it's unauthorized, that's correct, but Dropbox updating itself is completely authorized. It's stated in the terms that it may update itself periodically. These are the terms that you agree to by using the software and service so, effectively, you authorized Dropbox to update itself as needed.

     

    Dropbox should be brough to court for passed hacking activities and forced to stop this practice.

    Dropbox hasn't "hacked" anything. A program self updating, even without user control/intervention, is not hacking. If you're a Windows 10 user then you experience the same thing with the forced Windows Updates. Is Microsoft hacking your computer as well?

KbICb's avatar
KbICb
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Dear Walter,
almost three years have passed since the first post in this topic, but nothing has been done to resolve the issue with automatic updates.

I appreciate efforts of Dropbox to keep my data secure, but in the meantime autoupdates ruin my day by making my data unavailable just when I need it.

How to make Dropbox understand, that my corporate laptop isn't a toy of Dropbox?

I hope someone will finally start to listen to users and customers.

Best regards,

Kirill

Walter's avatar
Walter
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
6 years ago

Hi Kirill - thanks for posting your first question on our Community!

I understand how important this must be to you so I'd suggest that you logged a feature request, clearly explaining the rationale behind this while also providing us with your use-case. In this way, other similar-minded users will be able to find and upvote your idea too!

You can do that in the 'Share an Idea' section of our Community linked below :wink:

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Share-an-idea/ct-p/101002000

If there's anything you'd like to ask in the meantime, don't hesitate to get back to me on this thread; I'd be glad to follow up KbICb!

About Apps and Installations

Have a question about a Dropbox app or installation? Reach out to the Dropbox Community and get solutions, help, and advice from members.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!