How to link or unlink two Dropbox accounts

If you’re on Dropbox Basic, Plus, Family, Professional, or Essentials, you can link your account with a Dropbox Standard, Advanced, Business, Business Plus, or Enterprise account, or vice versa. For example, you can link your Dropbox Business to an existing personal account.

If you’re an admin, learn how to manage your team members’ linked accounts and devices.

What does “linking accounts” mean?

When you link two Dropbox accounts, you can easily switch between them anywhere you use Dropbox without logging out of one and into the other every time you want to switch.

You can link your accounts on dropbox.com, the Dropbox desktop app, and the Dropbox iOS app. However, you can unlink only on dropbox.com. Once you link or unlink two accounts, they become linked or unlinked everywhere you use Dropbox.

Although linking your accounts links them everywhere you use Dropbox, it doesn’t log you into both accounts on all devices. It only logs you in where you initiated the link. Your other devices will display the option for you to log into your linked account. After you do, you will remain logged in and can easily switch between your linked accounts on that device.

Personal security when linking a team account

Linking accounts doesn’t share or transfer information between the two accounts.

If you link your accounts and your admin uses the “log in as a team member” feature to log into your team member account, they can’t open or access your linked personal account. They can, however, view the name and email address of your linked personal account.

How to unlink your accounts

You can unlink your accounts only on dropbox.com. Unlinking your accounts unlinks them everywhere. Across all apps and devices, you’ll be logged out of the last account you added to that app, and you’ll stay logged into the first account.

You can always log back into your accounts on any device, as you normally would with any unlinked account.

To unlink your accounts:

1. Log in to dropbox.com with either account.
2. Click your avatar (photo or initials) in the bottom-left corner.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click the General tab.
5. Click Unlink next to Linked accounts.
6. Click Yes, unlink to confirm.