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Padraigincanada
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Is it possible to rename the Dropbox folder to Dropbox instead of Dropbox (Personal)?

I want to get rid of (Personal) in my dropbox root folder now that I've stopped using Dropbox business.  "Jane" gives a great desription of how to change it on my mac, on this page: https://www.dropb...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    7 years ago
    Hi there, the steps there are for a different reason.
     
    The (Personal) part of the name will only disappear if you unpair your personal account from the team account.
     
    If it’s still connected to a team account, then that tag will remain there and can’t be removed otherwise.
     
    After you’ve disconnected the accounts, you can reboot your computer and the folder should be automatically renamed.
     
    Let me know how it goes!
Jay's avatar
Jay
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Hi there, the steps there are for a different reason.
 
The (Personal) part of the name will only disappear if you unpair your personal account from the team account.
 
If it’s still connected to a team account, then that tag will remain there and can’t be removed otherwise.
 
After you’ve disconnected the accounts, you can reboot your computer and the folder should be automatically renamed.
 
Let me know how it goes!
survivestyle's avatar
survivestyle
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Hello- I followed these instructions and the (Personal) is still appended to my Dropbox directory. Please advise. I really don't want to spend the time waiting for dropbox to download all my cloud sync files, move the files the directory, rename it the directory, move all the files back, and wait for it to sync again.

 

 

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    5 years ago

    Hi survivestyle,

    Probably you haven't unlinked the application from your account in a proper way. The reinstall can NOT break the application link; it's not part of the installation, but part of the configuration. One alternative is wipe out the entire configuration. If you use "Selective Sync" or other local settings, specific for the device, keep them on safe (screenshot, for example), so gonna be possible restore at the end. Execute on your Mac following in terminal:

    rm -rf ~/.dropbox

    Now, it's like you have never installed Dropbox application (more precise - like you just have installed it, but not used yet). Run the application, link it to your account, and put the syncing on pause. Hopefully, you have now Dropbox folder named just "Dropbox" in process of syncing. To speed up the sync, move/copy your old content and release the sync. Will need some time to reindex and ... done! 😉

    If you prefer resync everything anew, skip the pausing-releasing the sync and copying the old content; just let it sync.

    Hope this can help you.

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