Dropbox folders appearing on desktop

Question

Hi, I have a new laptop and I set up the drop box to sync files.

On my new computer all the folders and files in my drop box are appearing on my desktop.

In file explorer, I click on Drop box icon and and clicked on Location Tab. it lists my location as C:\Users\***\Dropbox.

I can see via the dropbox online log in that all the files are online.

I would prefer that my desktop is not cluttered with all these folders and files. What have I done incorrectly.

My preference is to click on the drop box icon in my file explorer and see the folders and files.

I have read through the other online help files and can't quite find a similar problem. or the problems sound different to mine.

Please may I seek help from the community. I thought I found a help file on this but now I can't seem to find it or am searching for the wrong key words.

Thank you in advance.

Hannah · Answer

Thanks for these screenshots, @ECB!

From what I can understand from them, it seems that on your new computer, you've enabled our backup feature, which backs up your desktop files to Dropbox.

Is this something you intended to do, when you installed Dropbox on your new computer?

ECB · Answer

@Megan Thank you for the offer. Here are the screen shots of my old laptop and my new laoptop.

Is this what you were asking for? Many thanks!

New laptop 
New laptop desktop with dropbox icon AND files foldersnew laptop explorer view with drop box
new laptop dropbox properties location tabold laptop dropbox properties location tab
old laptop  explorer view with dropbox iconold laptop desktop with drop box icon

Megan · Answer

Hey @ECB, would you be able to send me a couple of screenshots of the icons and paths, in order for me to have a full visual?

Having your Dropbox icon on your desktop is expected. You mentioned that on your new laptop you seem to have both, can you let me know what you're referring to?

Is it possible that you're referring to the path of your Dropbox folder?