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A way to uninstall Dropbox from your PC

Dropbox is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by Dropbox, Inc.. Go over here where you can get more info on Dropbox, Inc.. Please follow if you want to read more on Dropbox on Dropbox, Inc.'s page. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. You can uninstall Dropbox by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is titled Dropbox.exe and its approximative size is 5.92 MB (6210368 bytes).

Dropbox contains of the executables below. They take 6.24 MB (6543568 bytes) on disk.




  • Dropbox.exe (5.92 MB)
  • DropboxUninstaller.exe (165.59 KB)
  • DropboxThumbnailGenerator.exe (37.83 KB)
  • QtWebEngineProcess.exe (29.32 KB)
  • dbxsvc.exe (49.83 KB)
  • dbxsvc.exe (42.83 KB)
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This data is about Dropbox version 84.4.170 alone. For more Dropbox versions please click below:

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If you are manually uninstalling Dropbox we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were left behind:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Dropbox
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_Dropbox.exe_1f5639ef826de72accda26f4532a56f9d2522db5_059e2eec
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_Dropbox.exe_1f5639ef826de72accda26f4532a56f9d2522db5_08ba1c08

The files below were left behind on your disk by Dropbox when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_bz2.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_cffi_backend.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_ctypes.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_decimal.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_elementtree.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_multiprocessing.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_queue.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_win32sysloader.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\_yappi.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\84.4.170.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\apex._apex.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\Assets\150x150Logo.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\Assets\70x70Logo.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\Assets\70x70Logo-Light.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\concrt140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\cpuid.compiled._cpuid.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\crashpad.compiled._Crashpad.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._constant_time.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_amd64\dbx.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_amd64\dbx-canary.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_amd64\dbx-dev.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_amd64\dbx-stable.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_amd64\dbxsvc.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_amd64\dropbox.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_x86\dbx.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_x86\dbx-canary.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_x86\dbx-dev.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_x86\dbx-stable.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_x86\dbxsvc.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\driver_x86\dropbox.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\dropbox.infinite.win.compiled._driverinstallation.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\dropbox.infinite.win.compiled._driverinstallation_wow64.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\dropbox_apex.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\dropbox_bootstrap.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\dropbox_crashpad.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\dropbox_sqlite_ext.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\dropbox_tprt.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\dropbox_watchdog.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\DropboxOfficeAddIn.13.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\DropboxOfficeAddIn64.13.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\DropboxThumbnailGenerator.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\enterprise_data.compiled._enterprise_data.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\EnterpriseDataAdapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\fastpath.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\librsync.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\librsyncffi.compiled._librsyncffi.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\mmapfile.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\msvcp140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\msvcp140_1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\msvcp140_2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\nucleus_python.cp37-win32.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\opengl32sw.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\plugins\imageformats\qgif.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\84.4.170\plugins\imageformats\qjpeg.dll

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.AutoplayEventHandler
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Binder
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.DBXLink
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Dlink
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Gdoc
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Gsheet
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Gslides
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OfficeAddIn
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OneClickProcessLauncherMachine
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Paper
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Shortcut
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dropbox-client
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dropbox-install
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dropbox
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3386326802-549243374-366797905-1000\Software\Dropbox
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5A812990327ACD34D85B163756A6E149
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Dropbox
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Dropbox_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Dropbox_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Dropbox
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbx\Instances\Dropbox Instance

Additional values that are not removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dlink\OpenWithProgids\Dropbox.Dlink
  • 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_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5A812990327ACD34D85B163756A6E149\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbupdate\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbupdate\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbupdate\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbupdatem\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbupdatem\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbupdatem\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbx\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DbxSvc\Description


A way to uninstall Dropbox using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dropbox is a program marketed by the software company Dropbox, Inc.. Frequently, people choose to uninstall this application. This is troublesome because removing this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall Dropbox is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Dropbox or simply activate the Search field and type in "Dropbox". The Dropbox application will be found automatically. When you select Dropbox in the list of apps, the following information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Dropbox, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the program you are about to remove, by clicking on 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. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Dropbox.
Uninstall Dropbox


8. After uninstalling Dropbox, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Dropbox which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Dropbox with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Dropbox supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2019-10-30 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-10-30 21:48:36.330