Dropbox

How to uninstall Dropbox from your computer

This page is about Dropbox for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Dropbox, Inc.. Further information on Dropbox, Inc. can be seen here. Please follow https://www.dropbox.com if you want to read more on Dropbox on Dropbox, Inc.'s page. Dropbox is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client folder, regulated by the user's option. C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Dropbox. The program's main executable file is titled Dropbox.exe and its approximative size is 3.40 MB (3567936 bytes).

Dropbox installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 3.68 MB (3859312 bytes) on disk.

• Dropbox.exe (3.40 MB)
• DropboxUninstaller.exe (165.57 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (26.82 KB)
• dbxsvc.exe (49.83 KB)
• dbxsvc.exe (42.33 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 44.4.58 of Dropbox. Click on the links below for other Dropbox versions:

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• 2.11.30
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• 1.6.3
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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Dropbox:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Dropbox
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\D3DCompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_amd64\dbx.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_amd64\dbx-canary.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_amd64\dbx-dev.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_amd64\dbx-stable.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_amd64\dbxsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_amd64\dropbox.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_x86\dbx.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_x86\dbx-canary.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_x86\dbx-dev.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_x86\dbx-stable.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_x86\dbxsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\driver_x86\dropbox.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\dropbox_bootstrap.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\dropbox_crashpad.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\dropbox_sqlite_ext.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\dropbox_watchdog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxExt.19.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxExt64.19.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxOfficeAddIn.12.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxOfficeAddIn64.12.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\EnterpriseDataAdapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\icudt56.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\icuin56.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\icuuc56.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\librsync.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\msvcp120.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\msvcr120.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\opengl32sw.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\plugins\imageformats\qgif.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\plugins\imageformats\qjpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\python27.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\pythoncom27.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\pythoncomloader27.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\pywintypes27.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5Gui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5Network.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5OpenGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5PrintSupport.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5QML.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5Quick.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5QuickWidgets.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5Sql.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5WebChannel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5WebEngine.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5WebEngineCore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5WebEngineWidgets.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5Webkit.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5WebkitWidgets.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5Widgets.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Qt5WinExtras.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtGraphicalEffects\private\qtgraphicaleffectsprivate.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtQuick.2\qtquick2plugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtQuick\Controls\Private\CalendarUtils.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtQuick\Controls\Private\StackView.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtQuick\Controls\Private\style.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtQuick\Controls\qtquickcontrolsplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtQuick\Controls\Styles\Flat\qtquickextrasflatplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtQuick\Layouts\qquicklayoutsplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtQuick\Window.2\windowplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtWebChannel\declarative_webchannel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtWebEngine\experimental\qtwebengineexperimentalplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtWebEngine\qtwebengineplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\QtWebEngineProcess.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\vccorlib140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\D3DCompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_amd64\dbx.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_amd64\dbx-canary.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_amd64\dbx-dev.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_amd64\dbx-stable.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_amd64\dbxsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_amd64\dropbox.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_x86\dbx.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_x86\dbx-canary.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_x86\dbx-dev.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_x86\dbx-stable.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_x86\dbxsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\driver_x86\dropbox.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\Dropbox.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\dropbox_sqlite_ext.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\DropboxExt.1.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\DropboxExt64.1.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\DropboxUninstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\enterprisedataadapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\icudt55.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\icuin55.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\icuuc55.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_13.4.21\librsync.dll

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.AutoplayEventHandler
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OfficeAddIn
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OneClickProcessLauncherMachine
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dropbox
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1367336225-1520537356-1458535491-1000\Software\Dropbox
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\Internet\Server Cache\https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5A812990327ACD34D85B163756A6E149
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Dropbox
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Dropbox
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dbx\Instances\Dropbox Instance

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:

• 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 delete Dropbox from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dropbox is a program marketed by the software company Dropbox, Inc.. Some people decide to erase it. This can be easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY practice to erase Dropbox is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Dropbox or simply activate the Search field and type in "Dropbox". The Dropbox app will be found automatically. When you click Dropbox in the list of applications, some information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Dropbox, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Dropbox:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Dropbox.


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

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove 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 simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Dropbox in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.