Forum Discussion

ESTHERKIM2892's avatar
ESTHERKIM2892
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

Dropbox Remote Management preventing access from reset MacBook Air

I did a hard reset of my Macbook Air, but I keep receiving this message preventing me from logging in. There are no devices set up connected to my account. How can I remove this request from Dropbox for Remote Management? Whenever I click next, nothing comes up to try logging in.

5 Replies

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    11 months ago

    That is something on your device itself that's locking it - do you use Okta at all? Can you disable that?

  • ESTHERKIM2892's avatar
    ESTHERKIM2892
    New member | Level 1
    11 months ago

    I used Okta multiple years back for work but I haven't worked there in years and don't have any credentials - and when I press next, nothing even comes up to try logging into anything! Is there a way for DropBox to overdrive this to get me into my computer?

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    11 months ago
    ESTHERKIM2892 wrote:

    Is there a way for DropBox to overdrive this to get me into my computer?

    It isnt a Dropbox error - its Okta that is blocking it. Thats the app thats causing the issue I'm afraid. 

    What happens if you try Cancel? Uninstall Okta? 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    11 months ago
    ESTHERKIM2892 wrote:

    How can I remove this request from Dropbox for Remote Management?

    This isn't related to the Dropbox application. It looks as though this computer was originally a corporate device (used by a Dropbox employee) and secured through remote management. Did you purchase it used by chance? Or were you a Dropbox employee at one time?

    I doubt anyone here will be able to assist with this. You'll probably need to contact Support, or maybe even their internal IT department directly, to see if they can remove the device from remote management.

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    8 months ago

    Hey ESTHERKIM2892, apologies for the late reply. 

    If you still need help with this, please let me know and I can log a ticket for you, so that we can investigate this.

About Security and Permissions

Start a discussion in the Dropbox Community forum to get help with your account security and permissions. Find support from Community 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!