How to sign into or out of your Dropbox account

To use Dropbox, you need to be signed in. If you don’t have an account yet, learn how to create one. 

Sign into dropbox.com

Go to dropbox.com in a web browser. You can sign in with your email and password, Google, or Apple. If you don’t have an account yet, click Sign up instead. 

Sign into the desktop app

After you install the Dropbox desktop app, you’ll be prompted to sign in if you’re not already signed in on dropbox.com. You can sign in with your email and password, Google, or Apple. If you don’t have an account yet, click Sign up instead. 

If you’re signed into one account and have a linked account you’d like to sign into:

1. Open your Dropbox desktop app preferences.
2. Click the Account tab. Your linked account email will be displayed.
3. Next to your linked account, click Sign in.

Sign into the mobile app

After you install the Dropbox mobile app, you’ll be prompted to sign in if you’re not already signed in on dropbox.com. You can sign in with your email and password, Google, or Apple. If you don’t have an account yet, click Sign up instead. 

If you’re signed into one account and have a linked account you’d like to sign into:

1. Open the Dropbox mobile app.
2. Open your app settings. To do so:

• On Android, tap the menu icon (horizontal lines) in the top left and then tap Settings.
• On iPhone/iPad, tap the avatar (person icon) in the bottom right and then tap the gear icon in the top right.
  

3. Under your linked account, tap Sign in.

Sign out of dropbox.com

On dropbox.com, click your avatar (profile picture or initials) and click Sign out.

Sign out of the desktop app

1. Open your Dropbox desktop app preferences.
2. Click the Account tab. 
3. Click Sign out. 
   • If you have linked accounts, click Sign out next to the account you’d like to sign out of. The accounts will remain linked and the other account will stay signed in.
4. Click Sign out again to confirm. 

Sign out of the mobile app

1. Open the Dropbox mobile app.
2. Open your app settings. To do so:

• On Android, tap the menu icon (horizontal lines) in the top left and then tap Settings.
• On iPhone/iPad, tap the avatar (person icon) in the bottom right and then tap Sign out from this Dropbox.
  • If you have linked accounts, you must be in the mobile settings of the account you’d like to sign out of. If not, switch accounts.
    

3. Tap Sign out from this Dropbox.