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dl48154
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2 years ago

Why does my browser keep asking me to log into Dropbox upon computer startup?

I am using Windows 10, Edge and Duck Duck Go.  I DON'T have the dropbox app on my computer....I DO have a dropbox account that I could access online only.  I haven't used dropbox in years.   Rece...
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dl48154
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Thank you for offering to help me solve my problem with Duck Duck Go and Dropbox and Edge.  It turns out that, even though I don't have the Dropbox app resident on my Windows 10 desktop, it still happens to be an option to turn off in the start menu.  That makes no sense to me, and since I knew that I had only used dropbox via the online access to their website, I didn't look thoroughly at the startup menu settings to determine if that was the problem.  But indeed, after checking the tab to deny Dropbox from starting up, I no longer had this problem.  

Thanks again for your offer to help.

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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi dl48154, if you're seeing the option to prevent Dropbox from starting up on your machine, this means that you could somehow have the desktop app installed, or just a shortcut to the site, which means you could delete it entirely.

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