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How do I stop Dropbox from prompting to "set up dropbox" every time I log in to my Mac?

My wife does not have a dropbox account (I do), and every time she logs in to our Mac, Dropbox prompts to "Set Up Dropbox". How do we stop this?

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Jay

Hi @andrewlduane, thanks for joining the Community!

As it is on her own computer profile, I'd recommend disabling the Dropbox desktop application from starting up automatically in the preferences of the app.

Since way, it won't boot up next time, and ask her to set up the account.

Keep me updated with any progress!

andrewlduane

That does not help at all, because it can't be done. If I log in to her Mac account and try to open the app, it just goes back to the "Set up Dropbox" dialog box. There is no way to set preferences or options, or do anything else.

I can't remove Dropbox from the Mac, because I use it every day and absolutely depend on it.

Is there some Mac setting for it? I have disabled all the other "sync" items from her account, but that doesn't seem to affect Dropbox.

Jay

There should be a Mac setting in the Users and Groups settings to prevent apps from loading up automatically in specific profiles.

andrewlduane

That seems to have worked! Thank you.