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saffer51
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago

Please help me to delete my Dropbox account

I uninstalled dropbox years ago, but I continue to get files saved to dropbox when I want them saved elsewhere. This is causing major problems for my file structure. I was told previously the only wa...
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Jay
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9 months ago

Hi saffer51, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Could you clarify how files are getting saved to your Dropbox account when you've uninstalled the app?

Are you referring to the local Dropbox folder on your machine, or did you have Dropbox Backup enabled at some point?

Any other info or screenshots would be helpful!

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