How to Remove Dropbox Folder Without Deleting? [3 Different Ways]

Unaware of removing the article without deleting it? Here is the exact article on how to remove the Dropbox folder without deleting it.

Dropbox is an excellent cloud storage application to store the necessary files, folders, images, and videos. We can remove it whenever we don’t require it. If we do so, we can get some space in Dropbox.

Simultaneously I have touched upon how to uninstall Dropbox to remove folders as well. Continue reading this article without skipping to know more.

Remove the folder from the Desktop icon
Remove the folder from Dropbox Browser
Uninstall Dropbox application

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Remove the Folder from the Desktop Icon

If you’re primarily using the Dropbox application to store files for your everyday use rather than using Dropbox as a backup store, you do not need to sync copies of your files locally. There are several ways to remove the locally stored copies of our files. This will help us leave storage and we can make space for new files.

Method -1 Using Selective Sync

The most straightaway solution is to unselect the folders from syncing. This will remove or delete the stored copies of our Dropbox files locally and online files will not be available on the computer.

Delete Files in Windows

Deleting files in Windows is simple and only a few-step process. Go through the below steps to remove the folder from Dropbox.

Step-1

Click the Dropbox icon in the taskbar which is down on the Windows page. Click the Preferences option from the Profile picture which is shown in the top left corner.

Step-2

In the Preferences option, select the Sync tab which is at the last on the Dropbox Preferences page.

Sync option to remove folders from Dropbox

Step-3

In this step, under the Selective sync from the same page (Dropbox preferences) click Select folders and uncheck or unselect the folders you want to remove from your computer and click Update to see changes.

The selected files will be removed once we click the update option from the Dropbox preferences page so that the files will stop syncing as well.

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Delete Files on Mac

Deleting files on Mac is as simple as on Windows. Look at the below steps to remove the folder from Dropbox on Mac.

Step-1

Click the Dropbox icon in the taskbar which is down on the Mac page. Click the Preferences option from the Profile picture which is shown in the top left corner.

Step-2

In the preferences option, select the Sync tab which is at the last on the Dropbox preferences page.

Step-3

In this step, under the Selective sync from the same page (Dropbox preferences) click Select folders and uncheck or unselect the folders you don’t want to sync from your computer and click Update to see changes.

Finally, folders will be removed from the Dropbox applications.

Delete Files in Linux

Linux users are also trending nowadays. So this will be helpful for Linux users as well.

Click on the Dropbox icon in the panel from the Linux OS.
Click Preferences from the profile picture which is at the top of the page.
Click on the Sync tab and then click the Selective sync button.
Uncheck the folders that you don’t want to be synced locally.

Remove the Folder from Dropbox Browser

We can remove the folder from the Dropbox browser. Let’s get started.

Method -2 Unlinking your PC from the Dropbox account

Step-1

Open Dropbox from a browser such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Internet explorer and sign in with the proper credentials.

Step-2

Go to the profile picture on the Dropbox home page and click the Settings option from the menu.

Step-3

In this step, the Personal account page will appear. Under that select the Security option from the list of tabs. Scroll down on the same page to see the Unlink option click on that to remove the folder from Dropbox.

Unlink the Dropbox account to remove folder

The desired or particular file will be removed once after clicking the unlink option from the Dropbox application.

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Uninstall Dropbox Application

If we do not require Dropbox at all, you can uninstall the Dropbox application from your computer. This will help free up your storage and system resources.

Click on the Start button from the taskbar of the windows.
Click on Settings from the options.
Click on the Apps tab which is on the left panel.
Click on Apps & Features to remove Dropbox.
Select Dropbox from the programs list.
Click on Uninstall to remove the Dropbox application from your PC.

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Final Thought

In this article, we have seen how to remove folders from Dropbox without deleting them. Deleting unwanted files or folders from Dropbox saves much space in our Dropbox.

I trust I have given enough information regarding how to remove folders from Dropbox. We can also reinstall the Dropbox application again whenever it is required.