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Trying to move the .dropbox meta folder

Trying to move the .dropbox meta folder

sidkang
Explorer | Level 3
a month ago

Hi all.

Currently, I'm confused with how to change the default ~/.dropbox path to ~/.cache/dropbox folder. Do you guys know how to accomplish this? Thanks a lot.

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Re: Trying to move the .dropbox meta folder

Здравко
Super Collaborator | Level 20
a month ago

Hi @sidkang,

The path is hardcoded in Dropbox application, so you can NOT change it.

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