If your computer is lost or stolen, you can remote wipe your Dropbox files the next time your computer comes online. The files will still be available on dropbox.com and the other devices you use with Dropbox.
For phones and tablets, you can log out remotely instead and it will have the same effect as a remote wipe. All of your Dropbox files, including the files you made available offline, can’t be accessed on that phone or tablet until you log back in on it.
If you’re an admin on a Dropbox team, you can also remote wipe files from a specific team member’s device. Learn how to remote wipe files as a team admin.
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How does remote wipe work?
When you remote wipe your files from a computer, the computer immediately logs you out and stops syncing. Dropbox then attempts to remove any Dropbox files from that computer when the computer is online and the desktop app is running. The removed files will still be available everywhere else you access your files in Dropbox.