Dropbox

A way to uninstall Dropbox from your system

This page contains complete information on how to remove Dropbox for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Dropbox, Inc.. Check out here for more information on Dropbox, Inc.. More information about Dropbox can be seen at https://www.dropbox.com. Dropbox is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Dropbox. Dropbox.exe is the Dropbox's primary executable file and it takes approximately 8.72 MB (9148808 bytes) on disk.

Dropbox contains of the executables below. They take 15.55 MB (16300464 bytes) on disk.

• Dropbox.exe (8.72 MB)
• DropboxUninstaller.exe (226.64 KB)
• DropboxElevationService.exe (1.24 MB)
• DropboxNativeMessagingHost.exe (324.89 KB)
• DropboxThumbnailGenerator.exe (34.39 KB)
• DropboxUpdateClient.exe (4.65 MB)
• DropboxUpdateProxy32.exe (287.89 KB)
• dbxsvc.exe (45.73 KB)
• dbxsvc.exe (38.73 KB)

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This web page is about Dropbox version 211.5.109 only. For more Dropbox versions please click below:

• 182.3.6318
• 85.4.155
• 3.6.5
• 62.3.99
• 3.11.31
• 11.3.18
• 173.4.6706
• 128.3.2857
• 5.3.18
• 134.3.4102
• 2.11.30
• 3.9.37
• 88.4.172
• 218.3.4298
• 10.3.22
• 143.3.4128
• 194.3.6258
• 22.4.24
• 188.3.6262
• 203.3.4740
• 30.3.14
• 29.4.20
• 145.4.4921
• 133.4.4089
• 5.3.20
• 219.3.4428
• 225.3.4791
• 31.3.15
• 3.8.0
• 202.3.5441
• 100.3.406
• 67.4.83
• 24.3.15
• 2.0.16
• 78.3.110
• 1.6.3
• 95.1.354
• 53.4.66
• 193.4.5594
• 227.3.4660
• 58.3.87
• 3.1.275
• 86.3.130
• 2.0.0
• 3.7.32
• 3.18.1
• 23.3.15
• 1.1.40
• 96.3.162
• 67.3.79
• 2.10.46
• 2.11.2
• 3.3.32
• 129.3.3513
• 145.3.4915
• 3.10.4
• 3.12.6
• 1.3.25
• 219.4.4463
• 3.14.2
• 82.3.133
• 3.5.57
• 92.3.365
• 107.3.416
• 160.3.4633
• 214.3.5064
• 174.4.5852
• 120.3.4554
• 43.4.50
• 3.2.4
• 9.3.44
• 64.4.141
• 184.4.6543
• 202.3.5506
• 85.3.133
• 17.3.25
• 38.3.23
• 185.3.5933
• 66.3.81
• 139.3.4798
• 122.3.4837
• 1.3.2
• 63.4.102
• 221.3.5278
• 8.4.20
• 125.3.3444
• 44.3.52
• 21.3.22
• 103.3.377
• 138.3.2340
• 3.9.36
• 64.3.120
• 1.4.12
• 3.11.30
• 43.3.47
• 3.2.9
• 1.6.0
• 84.4.170
• 108.3.436
• 228.3.5456

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When planning to uninstall Dropbox you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_usersurvey.dropbox.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.dropbox.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox

The files below remain on your disk by Dropbox's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\_bowbow.cp38-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\_cffi_backend.cp38-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\_win32sysloader.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\_yappi.cp38-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\211.5.109.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\advapi32_native.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\allocator_metrics.cp38-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\apex._apex.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\apex.node
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\backup.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\backup.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\backup.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\backup.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\backup.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\backup.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\backup.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\backup.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\binder.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\binder.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\binder.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\binder.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\binder.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\binder.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\binder.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\binder.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\external_drive.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gdoc.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gsheet.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gslides.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gslides.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gslides.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gslides.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gslides.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gslides.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gslides.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\gslides.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\211.5.109\Assets\logo.contrast-black.png

Usually the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.AutoplayEventHandler
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Backup
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Binder
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.ExternalBackupLocation
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Gdoc
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Gsheet
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Gslides
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OfficeAddIn
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Paper
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Passwords
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Shortcut
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Vault
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dropbox-client
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Dropbox
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Dropbox

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gdoc\OpenWithProgids\Dropbox.Gdoc
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gsheet\OpenWithProgids\Dropbox.Gsheet
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gslides\OpenWithProgids\Dropbox.Gslides
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.web\OpenWithProgids\Dropbox.Shortcut
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DbxSvc\Description

A way to delete Dropbox from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dropbox is an application marketed by Dropbox, Inc.. Some computer users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because deleting this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY way to uninstall Dropbox is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Dropbox or simply click the Search field and type in "Dropbox". If it exists on your system the Dropbox app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Dropbox in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Dropbox, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Dropbox:

• The software company is: https://www.dropbox.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Dropbox.


8. After uninstalling Dropbox, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Dropbox which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Dropbox with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Dropbox supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.