Dropbox

How to uninstall Dropbox from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to remove Dropbox for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Dropbox, Inc.. You can read more on Dropbox, Inc. or check for application updates here. More information about Dropbox can be found at https://www.dropbox.com. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Dropbox by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file is labeled Dropbox.exe and occupies 10.80 MB (11327200 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in Dropbox. They occupy 11.97 MB (12549096 bytes) on disk.

• Dropbox.exe (10.80 MB)
• DropboxUninstaller.exe (222.35 KB)
• DropboxNativeMessagingHost.exe (364.23 KB)
• DropboxThumbnailGenerator.exe (274.23 KB)
• DropboxUpdateProxy32.exe (286.73 KB)
• dbxsvc.exe (45.73 KB)

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This page is about Dropbox version 173.4.6706 alone. You can find here a few links to other Dropbox releases:

• 182.3.6318
• 85.4.155
• 3.6.5
• 62.3.99
• 3.11.31
• 11.3.18
• 128.3.2857
• 5.3.18
• 134.3.4102
• 2.11.30
• 3.9.37
• 88.4.172
• 10.3.22
• 143.3.4128
• 194.3.6258
• 22.4.24
• 188.3.6262
• 203.3.4740
• 30.3.14
• 29.4.20
• 145.4.4921
• 133.4.4089
• 5.3.20
• 31.3.15
• 3.8.0
• 202.3.5441
• 100.3.406
• 67.4.83
• 24.3.15
• 2.0.16
• 78.3.110
• 1.6.3
• 95.1.354
• 53.4.66
• 193.4.5594
• 58.3.87
• 3.1.275
• 86.3.130
• 2.0.0
• 3.7.32
• 3.18.1
• 23.3.15
• 1.1.40
• 96.3.162
• 67.3.79
• 2.10.46
• 2.11.2
• 3.3.32
• 129.3.3513
• 145.3.4915
• 3.10.4
• 3.12.6
• 1.3.25
• 3.14.2
• 82.3.133
• 3.5.57
• 92.3.365
• 107.3.416
• 160.3.4633
• 214.3.5064
• 174.4.5852
• 120.3.4554
• 43.4.50
• 3.2.4
• 9.3.44
• 64.4.141
• 184.4.6543
• 202.3.5506
• 85.3.133
• 17.3.25
• 38.3.23
• 185.3.5933
• 66.3.81
• 139.3.4798
• 122.3.4837
• 1.3.2
• 63.4.102
• 8.4.20
• 125.3.3444
• 44.3.52
• 21.3.22
• 103.3.377
• 138.3.2340
• 3.9.36
• 64.3.120
• 1.4.12
• 3.11.30
• 43.3.47
• 3.2.9
• 1.6.0
• 84.4.170
• 108.3.436
• 212.4.5767
• 155.4.5493
• 182.3.6279
• 81.3.190
• 50.3.68
• 3.5.60
• 197.4.7571
• 75.4.136

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Dropbox has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Dropbox
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.dropbox.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\_bowbow.cp38-win_amd64.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\_cffi_backend.cp38-win_amd64.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\_win32sysloader.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\_yappi.cp38-win_amd64.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\173.4.6706.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\advapi32_native.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\allocator_metrics.cp38-win_amd64.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\apex._apex.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\apex.node
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\backup.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\backup.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\backup.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\backup.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\backup.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\backup.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\backup.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\backup.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\binder.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\binder.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\binder.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\binder.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\binder.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\binder.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\binder.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\binder.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\external_drive.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\external_drive.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gdoc.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gdoc.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gsheet.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gsheet.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gslides.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gslides.targetsize-128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gslides.targetsize-16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gslides.targetsize-24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gslides.targetsize-256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gslides.targetsize-32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gslides.targetsize-48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\gslides.targetsize-64.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\logo.contrast-black.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\173.4.6706\Assets\logo.contrast-black_scale-100.png

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.AutoplayEventHandler
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OneClickProcessLauncherMachine
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dropbox
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.dropbox.nmh
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\NativeMessagingHosts\com.dropbox.nmh
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\com.dropbox.nmh
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5A812990327ACD34D85B163756A6E149
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Dropbox

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5A812990327ACD34D85B163756A6E149\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1150215699-3286588387-2870046208-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe
• 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

How to remove Dropbox from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dropbox is an application marketed by Dropbox, Inc.. Frequently, people want to uninstall it. This is hard because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Dropbox is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to optimize your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Dropbox or simply click the Search field and type in "Dropbox". If it exists on your system the Dropbox program will be found automatically. After you select Dropbox in the list of applications, the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Dropbox, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Dropbox:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Dropbox.


8. After uninstalling Dropbox, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Dropbox that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Dropbox using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Dropbox supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.