If you’re locked out, contact support to reset your pin.Īfter you use your PIN to unlock your vault, your vault auto-locks again after 20 minutes on and after 3 minutes on mobile. When you open your vault, your PIN allows 10 attempts before you’re locked out. You set a PIN for your vault when you create your vault. Lock your vault with your PINĭropbox Vault keeps your files extra-secure with a PIN. If you already have a folder named “Dropbox Vault”, your vault will be named “Dropbox Vault (1)”. Note: If you already have a folder named “Vault” in your Dropbox account, your vault will be named “Dropbox Vault”. When you lock your vault again, files in your vault are automatically removed from your hard drive and are only stored on. When you unlock your vault in the Dropbox folder in File Explorer/Finder, files in your vault automatically download to your hard drive. Your vault is named “Vault”, and listed alongside your files and folders on, the Dropbox mobile app, and the Dropbox folder on your computer. Under Features, next to Vault, click Set up.Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the top-right corner.You’ll still be able to access Vault on and the Dropbox mobile app. Note: Users on the latest Dropbox for macOS update will no longer be able to access Vault through the Dropbox desktop app. Not using Dropbox Vault yet? See how Dropbox helps you safely store personal information online. If you are a trusted contact, or have been invited to be one, visit this article about becoming a trusted contact. This location, or “vault”, in your Dropbox account is guarded by a numeric password, or “PIN”, and can't be opened or accessed by third party apps. Would simpily uninstalling dropbox (since I don't use it) delete this vast amount of data, I don't wish to delete the folder incase it messes stuff up incase I do wish to use dropbox in the future but I do need this 17GB of space back.Dropbox Vault is a feature that lets you create a location in Dropbox with an additional layer of security for your most sensitive files and share it with trusted contacts. There are in total 183 of these folders, all within the same directory at around 100MB each (so you see how it builds up quickly). The "download" folder in the "DropboxOEM" folder has 17 GB of files inside, and that only is leaving my C drive with 1.5 GB of space.Īs of the files/folders within the /AppData/Roaming/DropboxOEM/download folder, it seems to be random strings, for example "0ibbdqrj.v1e" on 7th January 2020. My D drive is where I actually save files. The C drive is where it's located currently, and that's a small drive intended just for core windows use. I have never used Dropbox on my computer, and therefore haven't signed in at all - it seemed to have came deafult installed on my PC.
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