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A way to uninstall Dropbox from your computer

Dropbox is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Dropbox, Inc.. Go over here for more info on Dropbox, Inc.. More details about Dropbox can be found at . Usually the Dropbox program is installed in the C:\Program Files\Dropbox\Client folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Dropbox by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is named Dropbox.exe and it has a size of 26.76 MB (28063088 bytes).

Dropbox installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 27.03 MB (28342728 bytes) on disk.

  • Dropbox.exe (26.76 MB)
  • DropboxUninstaller.exe (169.98 KB)
  • QtWebEngineProcess.exe (18.46 KB)
  • dbxsvc.exe (45.32 KB)
  • dbxsvc.exe (39.32 KB)


The current web page applies to Dropbox version 22.3.22 only. You can find below a few links to other Dropbox releases:

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When you're 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\Dropbox
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Dropbox:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Assets\150x150Logo.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Assets\70x70Logo.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\breakpad.client.windows.handler.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\bz2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\concrt140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\cpuid.compiled._cpuid.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._constant_time.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.pyd
  • 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.infinite.win.compiled._driverinstallation.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\dropbox.infinite.win.compiled._driverinstallation_wow64.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.VisualElementsManifest.xml
  • 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.15.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxExt64.15.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxOfficeAddIn.3.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxOfficeAddIn64.3.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\enterprise_data.compiled._enterprise_data.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\enterprisedataadapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\fastpath.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\faulthandler.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\icudt55.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\icuin55.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\icuuc55.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\librsyncffi.compiled._librsyncffi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\mmapfile.pyd
  • 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\psutil._psutil_windows.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\pyexpat.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtCore.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtGui.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtNetwork.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtPrintSupport.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtQml.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtQuick.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtWebChannel.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtWebKit.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtWidgets.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\PyQt5.QtWinExtras.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\python27.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\pythoncom27.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\pywintypes27.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\qt.conf
  • 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\qt-blacklist.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\_cffi_backend.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\_ctypes.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\_jpegtran.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\_multiprocessing.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\_win32sysloader.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\_yappi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\Assets\150x150Logo.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\Assets\70x70Logo.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\breakpad.client.windows.handler.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\bz2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\concrt140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\cpuid.compiled._cpuid.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._constant_time.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client_21.3.22\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.pyd

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.AutoplayEventHandler
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OfficeAddIn
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OneClickCtrl.9
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OneClickProcessLauncherMachine
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OneClickProcessLauncherUser
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Update3WebControl.3
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-vnd.dropbox.oneclickctrl.9
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-vnd.dropbox.update3webcontrol.3
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dropbox
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MozillaPlugins\@client.dropbox.com/Dropbox Update;version=3
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MozillaPlugins\@client.dropbox.com/Dropbox Update;version=9
  • 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

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\3A7\52C64B7E\@C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.61.1\goopdate.dll,-3000
  • 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 remove Dropbox from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dropbox is an application offered by Dropbox, Inc.. Frequently, users decide to remove this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY procedure to remove 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Dropbox or simply click the Search field and type in "Dropbox". The Dropbox application will be found automatically. After you click Dropbox in the list , the following information about the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Dropbox, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Dropbox:





  • The web site of the application is: https://www.dropbox.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Dropbox.
Uninstall Dropbox


8. After removing Dropbox, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Dropbox which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Dropbox using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. is not a good application. This page simply 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-03-09 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-03-09 17:17:06.270