Dropbox removal for advanced user [Removing “Settings” Files]: Uninstalling Dropbox using the above-lying steps will remove the application from your hard drive only. Additionally, you can also clean Dropbox “settings files” from your “Application Data” folder. Method#1 Uninstall Dropbox from Mac through Trash. Now, if you uninstall Dropbox using Trash you will still have some remaining files and folders from the software. This are useless files and will just eat up your space. Close Dropbox. The software should not be running in the background.
Important These steps will remove all your 1Password data from your Mac, including backups. In Finder, choose Go Go to Folder, then enter the following path and press Return: /Library/Application Support/. Drag any folders with 1Password in the name to the Trash. Example: 1Password 4. Choose Go Go to Folder, then enter the following path and press Return: /Library/Preferences/. Drag any files with com.agilebits in the name to the Trash. Example: com.agilebits.onepassword4.plist.
Choose Go Go to Folder, then enter the following path and press Return: /Library/Containers/. Drag any folders with com.agilebits in the name to the Trash. Example: 2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits.onepassword-osx-helper. Choose Go Go to Folder, then enter the following path and press Return: /Library/Group Containers/ If you see 'The folder can't be found', click Cancel and skip the next step. Drag any folders with com.agilebits in the name to the Trash.
Example: 2BUA8C4S2C.com.agilebits. Restart your Mac.
I want to get rid of Dropbox entirely from my Mac. I'm not a very advanced Mac user, and ordinarily apps can be uninstalled with ease, but not with Dropbox. I followed all the procedures according to this link but when I try to drag the Dropbox icon from the list of apps in Finder, a message comes up stating 'The item 'Dropbox' cannot be moved to the Trash because some of its plugins are in use.' I have no idea what this means - everything else was deleted successfully except this and the icon in Launchpad.
Any assistance would be greatly provided. Hi, You may need to quit any and all other programmes that you have running on your computer before you try to uninstall Dropbox.
I've put the reinstallation instructions below. First, make sure you save and quit ALL programs that access files in the Dropbox folder. Here are the steps:. Download the newest version:.
Stop Dropbox (If needed): - Click the Dropbox icon in the menu bar at the top of your screen - Click on the gear icon in the Notifications panel and select 'Quit Dropbox'. Delete Dropbox meta-data folder: - To delete this folder open a Terminal (Located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal for Mac OS) - Copy and paste the following lines into the Terminal and press RETURN: mv /.dropbox /.Trash/dropbox.old - This will move the folder to the Trash and make it visible. Delete the Dropbox Contextual Menu Item Plugin - Open the Finder and select Go to folder. From the Go menu (or press Shift-Command-G) - A dialog box should appear.
Now copy and paste the following line into the box and press the return key: /Library/ - Finally drag the DropboxHelperTools folder to the Trash and enter your Administrator password if prompted to complete this action. Reinstall the Dropbox desktop application - Open the Dropbox.dmg file and double click the Dropbox icon. Dropbox should appear in your menu bar. Relink your account.
Hope that helps! I am not sure why Dropbox feels that this crucial information should be outsourced to a super user community member to provide and its own instructions are less than complete. An erroneous conclusion on your part, I'm afraid. I am not a Dropbox employee, they 'outsource' nothing to me - whatever that means. Nor, I would judge, is their documentation 'less than complete' just because a vanishingly tiny number of users occasionally experience a little difficulty and need a helping hand. In point of fact, I can't replicate the uninstall issue you've experienced on any of my personal Mac systems. And, frankly, my inclination at this point is, it's a rare Finder issue rather than a Dropbox one, since it's Finder which is failing to unload the plugins as it should.
To clarify my outsource comment, why is this answered by a community user, and not part of the common documentation. Mac is a supported platform, and it may well likely be a Finder issue.
Why is the fix to this answered by an external user (you, a great response) but not in the rest of the searches on their help. What if there was no post by you, I would be dead in the water.
That was what I meant by outsourced. Not that they are responsible for the problem but given its a problem, why is the resolution buried in one community side.