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cosmosnicolaou
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Removing the Dropbox folder from Cloudstorage

Following a restore from backup (after a ventura update bricked my laptop) I stupidly agreed to move my Dropbox to ~/Library/Cloudstorage/Dropbox. The restore messed up icloud syncing and apple suppo...
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cosmosnicolaou
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I followed the instructions to quit the app, and then remove it from the applications folder. I did not find the article you link to, but I do not have a .dropbox folder anymore, nor is there anything Library/Dropbox. Since the File Provider transition occurred, there is no ~/Dropbox folder. Rather my files are all in Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox. I can access those files, but as I said in my original note I can't move anything out of it as macos thinks they are still managed by Dropbox.

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Jay
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2 years ago

If you're seeing the Dropbox folder in CloudStorage, then it's possible that somehow, part of the app is still installed on your machine, which is preventing the deletion of the folder. 

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    cosmosnicolaou
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Yes, but what is that part that's still installed?

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