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The red notification showing on the icon isn't going away
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Has anyone else experienced red icon badge showing as one unread notification even after all notifications read and then deleted. Can't seem to get rid of it no matter what I try. Thank you.
Wow! That worked for me too. It was merely a matter of clicking on "show me how" I did nothing other than click on that under Sync History and Activity. Who would have ever thought that was the answer. Yes, the red notification badge is gone! Dropbox needs to be more clear about what the "notification" is. Thank you Jayne for discovering the fix.
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Hi Jay The red notification badge has gone now. I did click Sync history and Activity and this might have got rid of it? Thank you.
Wow! That worked for me too. It was merely a matter of clicking on "show me how" I did nothing other than click on that under Sync History and Activity. Who would have ever thought that was the answer. Yes, the red notification badge is gone! Dropbox needs to be more clear about what the "notification" is. Thank you Jayne for discovering the fix.
It refuses to go away. DropBox is so intrusive and keeps trying to get involved in one's life. It's a drag. The red circle on my DropBox icon is asking me to upgrade, which I have already done and yet the red circle stays in place. DropBox need proper software designers on board.
yes, I have the same problem.
This icon in the system tray with a warning probably indicates that there is a message somewhere. But there is no notification anywhere in the Dropbox app. Moreover, the icon does not function properly either; Synchronization works but is not indicated with the blue circle. Can anyone help me with a solution? Thanks in advance, Wim
Here was my resolution
Wow! That worked for me too. It was merely a matter of clicking on "show me how" I did nothing other than click on that under Sync History and Activity. Who would have ever thought that was the answer. Yes, the red notification badge is gone! Dropbox needs to be more clear about what the "notification" is. Thank you Jayne for discovering the fix.
- Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Wilhelmus, have you tried this suggestion and you still can’t see what the notification is for on your desktop app?
Also, what do you mean when saying that syncing works, but it’s not indicated by the blue circle? Can you send me a screenshot of what you see?
hello Nancy,
I have now been able to solve the problem. I had done a re-install before, but not the advanced method that Dropbox suggests. So, for example, I had not manually removed the name Dropbox from the registry. I have now followed those instructions correctly and the case now works fine and my laptop is very stable and Dropbox works fine.
Thank you for your response, greetings, Wim
