Dropbox

A guide to uninstall Dropbox from your computer

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Dropbox for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Dropbox, Inc.. Go over here where you can find out more on Dropbox, Inc.. You can see more info about Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com. Dropbox is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. The full command line for uninstalling Dropbox is C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\DropboxUninstaller.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. Dropbox.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 5.97 MB (6261760 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Dropbox. They take about 6.26 MB (6562600 bytes) on disk.

• Dropbox.exe (5.97 MB)
• DropboxUninstaller.exe (159.27 KB)
• DropboxThumbnailGenerator.exe (31.51 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (23.00 KB)
• dbxsvc.exe (43.51 KB)
• dbxsvc.exe (36.51 KB)

...click to view all...

The information on this page is only about version 88.4.172 of Dropbox. You can find below info on other application versions of Dropbox:

• 182.3.6318
• 85.4.155
• 3.6.5
• 62.3.99
• 3.11.31
• 11.3.18
• 173.4.6706
• 128.3.2857
• 5.3.18
• 134.3.4102
• 2.11.30
• 3.9.37
• 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

...click to view all...
Quite a few files, folders and registry data can not be removed when you want to remove Dropbox from your computer.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox
• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Local\Dropbox
• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\_bz2.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\_cffi_backend.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\_ctypes.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\_win32sysloader.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\_yappi.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\88.4.172.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\apex._apex.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\Assets\150x150Logo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\Assets\70x70Logo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\Assets\70x70Logo-Light.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\cloud_files_utils.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\crashpad.compiled._Crashpad.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._constant_time.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_amd64\dbx.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_amd64\dbx-canary.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_amd64\dbx-dev.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_amd64\dbx-stable.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_amd64\dbxsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_amd64\dropbox.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_x86\dbx.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_x86\dbx-canary.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_x86\dbx-dev.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_x86\dbx-stable.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_x86\dbxsvc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\driver_x86\dropbox.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox.infinite.win.compiled._driverinstallation.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox.infinite.win.compiled._driverinstallation_wow64.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox_apex.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox_bootstrap.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox_crashpad.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox_nucleus.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox_sqlite_ext.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox_tprt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\dropbox_watchdog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\DropboxOfficeAddIn.13.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\DropboxOfficeAddIn64.13.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\DropboxThumbnailGenerator.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\enterprise_data.compiled._enterprise_data.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\EnterpriseDataAdapter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\fastpath.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\lib.cpuid.compiled._cpuid.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\lib.librsyncffi.compiled._librsyncffi.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\librsync.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\mmapfile.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\msvcp140_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\msvcp140_2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\nucleus_python.cp37-win32.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\opengl32sw.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\plugins\imageformats\qgif.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\plugins\imageformats\qjpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\88.4.172\plugins\styles\qwindowsvistastyle.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.AutoplayEventHandler
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.Dlink
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Dropbox.OneClickProcessLauncherMachine
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dropbox-client
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Dropbox
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5A812990327ACD34D85B163756A6E149
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Dropbox
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Dropbox

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dlink\OpenWithProgids\Dropbox.Dlink
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5A812990327ACD34D85B163756A6E149\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-580200286-1996805824-1682364091-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\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
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DbxSvc\Description

A way to delete Dropbox from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dropbox is a program released by Dropbox, Inc.. Some computer users want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this manually requires some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to uninstall 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 on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

DOWNLOAD NOW

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Dropbox or simply click the Search feature and type in "Dropbox". If it exists on your system the Dropbox application will be found very quickly. When you click Dropbox in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Dropbox, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example 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 appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Dropbox.


8. After uninstalling Dropbox, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Dropbox that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Dropbox with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Dropbox by Dropbox, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Dropbox supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.