After removing dropbox from my Mac, it still appears in "login" items. Help?

[WonderingAboutThat]

I am running the latest version of Ventura on Mac. After being a long time fan of dropbox, I decided to stop using it after having problems with the syncing function and the way it would move files around. Even after deleting the application, dropbox remains in "login items" underneath "Allow in the background." When starting up my mac, I get a notification message that dropbox wants to work in the background. How can I completely remove dropbox from my Mac?

I would appreciate any help.

Thank you.

[WonderingAboutThat]

Thank you. I will try this.

[Walter]

Hey there from me too and sorry to jump in here, but let us know if you need anything else in the meantime @WonderingAboutThat 

[dbfsitot]

I am also having this problem. I tried this approach and it didn't work. Please advise on how to remove Dropbox from my computer entirely.

[dbfsitot]

I'm having a problem where I removed Dropbox permissions for login and notifications but I still get notifications that Dropbox wants to run things in the background. I have tried removing the app, following the advanced reinstallation to delete all remaining Dropbox system folders, and nothing has helped. Please advise on how to remove Dropbox from my computer.

[Jay]

Hi @eaddiaz, when you performed the advanced reinstallation, without reinstalling, did you get any error messages at all?

[WonderingAboutThat]

Here is what worked for me, restart in safe mode, then shut down the computer and turn it back on in normal mode (that's what an apple advisor suggested). That stopped the notification from popping up anymore. I still have Dropbox listed in "Allow in the Background" in "Login Items" and neither apple support or dropbox support have been able to figure out how to remove it (and I've contacted multiple people from each support team). 

Good luck! 

[dbfsitot]

No I didn't get any error messages.

[Emmet]

Hi @eaddiaz ,

We’d like to check what’s going on here, would you mind if we reached out to the email associated with your community profile to look into this further?

Thank you! 

Dropbox Community Team

[DoctrNikhil]

Even after deleting the application, dropbox remains in "login items" underneath "Allow in the background."

To fix this, run the command in terminal 

cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents
rm com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist