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Red "notification" dot doesn't leave my desktop app on macOS
That darn red "notification" dot on the icon will NOT go away. I've read all my notifications, and it says (everywhere) that I have no unread notifications, and yet...that number "1" in a circle is STILL there. Help?
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi GratefulUser, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
What is the current OS and desktop app version that you're running?
Could you attach a screenshot showing the desktop app when you click the icon in the system tray/menu bar?
This will help me to assist further!
Hi, thanks for getting back to me. OS Sonoma 14.3.1. I don't know what a system tray is. I read about that on other threads yesterday, and was confused.
I found out that nothing was syncing since an update a ago, and remembered that I had that red dot problem THEN and someone helping me had removed the icon from the bar at the top of my computer. Somehow I got it all up and running again yesterday, which is why I really don't want to have to try to uninstall and reinstall everything. I've attached two screen shots. Thanks.
Thanks.
- Megan
Hey GratefulUser, when you say you got it up and running, do you mean that you managed to remove the red notification from your app?
If not, then could you please confirm the version of the Dropbox desktop app you're running on your computer?
You can do this by hovering your mouse over the Dropbox icon in the menu bar. Also, do you see the app's status stating "up to date," "syncing," or "indexing"?
