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rcorr
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

How to Remove Passwords App and Vaults?

Hi, I clicked ok when Dropbox suggested I download both of these. I now realise I need neither of them, and they clutter up my Dropbox folders and cannot be moved. How to uninstall/unlink/unsubscrib...
Dropbox Passwords
Dropbox Vault
Setting up the apps
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WCMan
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

I installed the Dropbox app on my MAC, and now want to purge it.  It is putting user name & passwords onto secure and sensitive pages.  How do I purge it and turn off the password feature?

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    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Do you mean that you installed the Dropbox Passwords browser extension, WCMan?

     

    If you've saved some passwords on the Passwords extension, but you no longer want to use this, you can remove the passwords you saved, by following the steps here.

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      WCMan
      New member | Level 2
      2 years ago

      Thank you, I could not find an ellipsis, but it got me clicking in the right direction.  Sensitive stuff purged.

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