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Mr T's avatar
Mr T
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago
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Is it possible to disable the sync icons on files in Explorer?

How can I disable the overlay icons, that are showing the current sync status of dropbox in the explorer? I need them for other applications that I am using. Windows 10 can obvioulsy only handle 15 i...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    6 years ago

    There are no options within Dropbox to disable the icon overlays. The only solution is to remove the Registry entries and then remove permissions from the Registry key so that nothing can write to it again. This is NOT supported by Dropbox, or likely Microsoft for that matter. Use caution if you proceed.

Briskola's avatar
Briskola
Collaborator | Level 8
6 years ago

Hi, Can I remove the check mark on every sync on my Windows and Mac pc ?file ?

Mr T's avatar
Mr T
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

uninstall dropbox or delete regularly the registry entry Briskola  :wink:

  • wrxmarcus's avatar
    wrxmarcus
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    I have a OneDrive subscription that came with O365. 

    I will likely stop using dropbox and use OneDrive (😪) if there is no way to disable the overlay icon overwriting in the registry.

    This is very frustrating. I need overlay icons for other programs; I do not need them for dropbox.

    Is this feature in-the-works?

     

    • NigDig's avatar
      NigDig
      Helpful | Level 5
      5 years ago

      Forget it.   People have been on at Dropbox for years about this and they do nothing about it.  I uninstalled dropbox years ago, but had to start using Dropbox again because an annoying co-worker uses it.  It came as no surprise to find that it still had not been fixed.

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