You must all know the Dropbox desktop app, which helps you by combining your cloud storage with Google Drive, OneDrive, and file synchronization. The app is helpful when it comes to handling your workspace. But it does give you a bit of a headache because it stops suddenly, and when you try to uninstall it, an issue comes up saying, “Dropbox failed to uninstall.”
Generally, users are getting the error when they attempt to uninstall Dropbox, but most of the time, they notice this issue when they download Dropbox, and it refuses to start after getting installed. If you’re one of them, then keep reading to know how you can manage to uninstall your Dropbox without facing any problems.
Reasons for issues that occur when you try to uninstall your Dropbox:
The problem may be arising due to-
- Any kind of connection error between your system and the Dropbox cloud server.
- Registry error didn’t allow full control of the local user.
- Chances of the existence of a corrupted file in your Dropbox.
Solutions to completely uninstall Dropbox from your Windows computer:
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Try to uninstall Dropbox using the traditional way:
- Keep it in mind to stop all the running programs.
- For Windows 10 users, you must right-click on the Windows icon to open Programs and features.
- Choose Dropbox from the listed applications and click on the uninstall button.
- After the uninstalling is finished, click on Close.
- Restart your system and log into it again as an administrator. Then, go to your computer’s search bar and search for regedit.
- You can now access the Registry Editor and clear Dropbox’s registries.
- Locate the folder the program has installed before, and delete everything.
If the error is still happening, then follow the next solution.
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Removal of your system from the Dropbox web server:
- From your default browser, you have to go to this link (https://www.dropbox.com/login)
- Sign in with the same account that you’re using locally.
- After that, click on your account icon and go to the Settings.
- From the settings, go to the Security tab.
- Now, you scroll through the security tab, and from the device section, you click on your computer name that is listed there, and then you must click on the ‘X’ beside it.
- Click Unlink, then go to the file explorer to find the location where you installed Dropbox.
- Then, right-click on exe and choose Delete.
- Reboot your computer and see if the issue is resolved.