How to install Dropbox for all team members on Windows computers

Updated Jun 26, 2025

The information in this article applies to admins on Dropbox Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, and Enterprise on Windows.

Team admins can silently install the Dropbox desktop app on all team members' Windows and Mac computers at once, without any user prompts, using the enterprise installer. Dropbox team admins can run the installer remotely through a managed software solution or deployment tool.

How to use the Dropbox Enterprise Installer

1. If you're a Dropbox team admin and would like to use the enterprise installer, first download the offline installer.

The installer file should be named “Dropbox [x.y.z] Offline Installer.exe” (where “[x.y.z]” represents the three-digit designation of the latest installer version).

2. To silently install the Dropbox desktop application on your current computer, execute run the offline installer with either the /S option or /NOLAUNCH option appended:

/S will launch the Dropbox desktop application at the end of silent installation.

Dropbox x.y.z Offline Installer.exe /S

/NOLAUNCH does not launch the Dropbox desktop application at the end of silent installation.

Dropbox x.y.z Offline Installer.exe /NOLAUNCH

Dropbox provides three versions of the MSI installer for different Windows system architecture.

To install:

1. Download the correct MSI file based on your Windows architecture:

The installer file should be named “Dropbox [x.y.z] Enterprise Installer.msi” (where “[x.y.z]” represents the three-digit designation of the latest installer version).

2. To install the Dropbox desktop application on your current computer, run the enterprise installer with:

msiexec /i "Dropbox [x.y.z] Enterprise Installer.msi"

The /qn option can be appended to perform a silent install:

msiexec /i "Dropbox [x.y.z] Enterprise Installer.msi" /qn

3. If you use a managed software solution, you can deploy the client to more than one device by using the silent option.

This will install Dropbox on the Program Files (x86) directory and will require new users to log in to their Dropbox accounts and manually set up preferences.
Existing users won’t be required to log in or configure preferences again.

Dropbox provides a PKG installer for enterprise deployments on macOS. This allows admins to install Dropbox silently across managed devices.

To install:

1. Download the appropriate PKG installer for your Mac architecture:

The installer file should be named “Dropbox [x.y.z].pkg” (where “[x.y.z]” represents the three-digit designation of the latest installer version).

2. Run via:

sudo installer -pkg Dropbox.pkg  -target /

This will install Dropbox to /Applications/Dropbox.app and will require new users to log in to their Dropbox accounts and manually set up their preferences.

Which managed software solution should I use?

While there are many managed software solutions that can allow you to manage deployments for your entire team—such as SCCM or Group Policy—we don't recommend one over another.

If you have more questions about a particular solution or about running the enterprise installer, please contact your account manager. Their contact info can be found in the admin console.

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