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michkov
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago

Why is DBXsvc still running after uninstall of the program

I recently uninstalled Dropbox. Today, after 5 reboots, I find a process called DBXsvc running in the Task Manager. Turns out its a dropbox component. How is this still on my system if I uninstalled the program via the programs own uninstaller? Second question what does this service do? Third how to I remove the service in question? I'd like to install Dropbox on a clean slate if possible, but having parts of it remain doesn't help my trust in it.
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  • dolphin_probs's avatar
    dolphin_probs
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    and curiously enough, the DbxSvc actually managed to reappear on my Windows 10 Pro (non-neutered) PC.

     

    ..wtf..

     

    would suggest to anyone that has removed it, to dbl-check and see if it magically reappeared.

     

     

  • byob79's avatar
    byob79
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    agreed. I uninstalled Dropbox months ago and jsut today see this process. Yea it's easy enough to remove after googling and spending about 5 mintues researching but that shouldn't have to be done. Lots of people I"m sure have no idea this service is running on their machine without their knowledge.

     

    I just am bvisitng this  in Feb 2018 I see the post is from a copule years ago so it is still happening. Just another reason I don't use Dropbox and instead use OneDrive and Google Drive

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