This feature is available to Dropbox users on Plus, Family, Professional, or Business plans.
Dropbox Business admins can remote wipe all team files from a team member’s devices.
This feature is available to Dropbox users on Plus, Family, Professional, or Business plans.
Dropbox Business admins can remote wipe all team files from a team member’s devices.
You can remote wipe your Dropbox files from a computer the next time it 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 sign 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 sign back in on it.
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When you remote wipe your files from a computer, the computer immediately signs 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.
To remote wipe Dropbox files from a computer, follow the steps to sign out remotely from your computer and check the box next to Delete files from [Account name] Dropbox the next time this computer comes online before the last step of clicking Sign out.
Notes:
You can check the remote wipe status of a device. If you’re a Dropbox Business admin, learn how to check the remote wipe status of your team members’ devices.
To check the remote wipe status:
Use the Hide option to remove a device from the list if you no longer need to track it. Using this option will not cancel the deletion. If the status of the deletion changes, the device will reappear in the list.
Dropbox displays the Delete status for each device. Here are the status indicators you might see: