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mmo
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

How to stop DropBox from asking whether to back up a USB stick

Whenever I connect a USB stick to my computer Dropbox pops up and asks me whether I want to backup that stick to Dropbox and I have to click that darn dialog away AGAIN. I never have and never will b...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago

    @mmo  wrote: 
     

    Whenever I connect a USB stick to my computer Dropbox pops up and asks me whether I want to backup that stick to Dropbox ... how do I stop this annoying nonsense that I have never asked for?

    You can disable it on the Backup tab in Dropbox Preferences.

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
3 years ago

@mmo  wrote: 
 

Whenever I connect a USB stick to my computer Dropbox pops up and asks me whether I want to backup that stick to Dropbox ... how do I stop this annoying nonsense that I have never asked for?

You can disable it on the Backup tab in Dropbox Preferences.

  • mmo's avatar
    mmo
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the hint! It made me aware that my DropBox client obviously was in some odd state and while DropBox obviously still worked (as I could notice by these popups mentioned) and also properly synced files its icon did not show up anymore in the taskbar. No idea where it went...

     

    Since I couldn't figure out, how to make it re-appear in the taskbar I un- and re-installed the DropBox client. Now it shows up again and I was able to open the preferences dialog and in that I was able to switch this off as suggested.

     

    Thanks again!

     

  • WoofGrrrr's avatar
    WoofGrrrr
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    I have UN-CHECKED "Show setup notifications when new external drives are plugged-in." and I am STILL getting these pop-ups.

     

    Is this not the way to turn these off?

     

    Also, I clicked AUTO-PLAY settings and UN-CHECKED "Use AutoPlay for all media and devices" (it is Off.)

     

    In addition, under "Choose AutoPlay Defaults", "Removable drive" is set to "Take no action" and "Memory card" is also set to "Take no action".

    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      2 years ago

      Hey WoofGrrrr, sorry to see you're having this issue.

       

      Can you quit the Dropbox application, restart your computer and then restart Dropbox, to see if that helps?

  • Taekmantle's avatar
    Taekmantle
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    The solution - disable it on the Backup tab in Dropbox Preferences - doesn't work for me. I cannot access Preferences, not on my Win 10 PC, not on the Dropbox web page.

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      2 years ago
      Taekmantle wrote:

      I cannot access Preferences, not on my Win 10 PC, not on the Dropbox web page.

      You access Preferences from the Dropbox application on your computer; not the Dropbox website. Why are you unable to access Preferences? What happens when you try?

      • Taekmantle's avatar
        Taekmantle
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 years ago

        Thanks for responding Rich.

         

        If I open Dropbox on the computer I see a file that looks exactly like any other open file on my computer. I see the documents I have saved there and a hidden file called .dropbox.cache. Nothing else. There is no 'tab' for Preferences. I can right click on the Dropbox icon in the menu, but there is no Preferences to choose there. I can look in Properties - but again I see no Preferences.

         

        I can't see anything in the ribbon at the top of the Dropbox file either.

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