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Hi Dropbox community,
Recently, I noticed that all of my devices from the entire history of my Dropbox app usage are listed again in the "Settings => Devices" section
Upon attempting to remove these old devices by clicking on the trash icon next to the respective device hostname, I encountered a problem. Instead of successfully removing the device, the page simply refreshes without any changes, and no error message is displayed (only green message with "Host dismissed" text)
I have made several attempts to resolve this issue, including refreshing the page, logging out and logging back in, and clearing browser cache, but the problem persists.
Just received an email from Dropbox support. After a few confirmations from my side, the support team briefly mentioned the following:
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Hi @VIP1, thanks for posting today!
Could you try switching browsers and then removing the devices to see if this helps?
Keep me posted!
Jay
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Hi Jay,
Thank you for your prompt response.
I have just tested the device removal process using Google Chrome (fresh setup with default settings with no custom extensions), and unfortunately, I encountered the same behavior as with Safari 17.1. The issue persists, and the devices are not being removed successfully ![]()
Could you attach a screenshot showing your devices page, and the error you're getting when removing them?
Jay
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I have only green text message with text "Host dismissed". Same behavior on mobile as well
Could you try doing a forced refresh of the cache in your browser, just to ensure that the devices that were removed no longer appear there?
The steps to do this on Chrome are Shift+Command+R.
Jay
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Hello Jay. I don't know whether VIP1 solved his problem, but I'm having the same one. Followed all the steps you provided (including the last) and I'm still not able to remove any device.
Thanks to both for the additional info.
One more question @KalebC, can you also please check and let us know which browser you're using and which version of the browser?
As for you @VIP1, can we send you an email, so we can look further into this?
Hannah
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