I have nothing against Dropbox, but when I am using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.) I find it annoying to have the Dropbox icon floating there on the right of my window. It’s called the Dropbox badge, and I am sure it is useful for some people but not for me. Here’s how to disable Dropbox badge in Microsoft Office once and for all.
If you don’t know what I am talking about, open an Office document that is stored in a Dropbox folder. You’ll see the badge on the right.
Here’s how to disable it. Click on the badge and you will see the “Meet The Dropbox badge” window. Down at the bottom is a Preferences link. Click there.
It will open up the Dropbox preferences pane, and you’ll see there is a Dropbox badge dropdown. You have three options.
If you want to disable it entirely, choose Never show. If you only want it to show when you are collaborating with someone on that document, choose If others present. Otherwise, you can leave it at the default of Always show.
Once you choose Never show or If others present and close the window, the Dropbox badge should disappear. Boom.
If you want to bring it back again, go to the Dropbox preferences on Mac or Windows and change it back to Always show.
