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When I enter my email address and password and try to log in with box drive, I get the message "Unable to connect to Box.


There is no problem with the network.


You have entered the correct email address and password.


I can log in to box from my browser.
How can I log in from box drive?

Hi there, 


Welcome to Box Community and glad to help. 


Can you manually reset your Box Drive application? And here's the steps: 


 To reset Box Drive on Windows


  1. Exit Box Drive (if it is running). If necessary, use Task Manager to end the Box.exe process.

  2. Ascertain whether any files exist in C:\users\eUSERNAME]\AppData\Local\Box\Box\unsyncedFiles. These are files that have not been uploaded to Box. If these files do exist, and if you want to keep them, copy them to any location outside of C:\users\eUSERNAME]\AppData\Local\Box\Box\ (such as your desktop). Proceeding with the steps below deletes these files.

  • You may need to show hidden folders to see \AppData.

  • Delete this folder: C:\users\uUSERNAME]\AppData\Local\Box\Box.

  • From RegEdit, delete the registry entries under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Box/Box to clear Box preferences.

  • Restart the Box Drive and follow the prompt to log back in.


 To manually reset Box Drive on a Mac (File Provider Extension mode)



  1. Quit Box Drive if it is running.

  2. Open a Terminal window and run the appropriate command based on your macOS version and Box Drive version:
    macOS 11.x  and macOS 14.x with any version of Box Drive
    fileproviderctl domain remove -A com.box.desktop.boxfileprovider; defaults delete com.box.desktop; rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Box/Box


    macOS 12.x and macOS 13.x with Box Drive version 2.35 and earlier
    /Applications/Box.app/Contents/MacOS/fpe/streem --remove-fpe-domain-and-archive-unsynced-content Box ; defaults delete com.box.desktop; rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Box/Box


    macOS 12.x and macOS 13.x with Box Drive 2.36 and newer
    /Applications/Box.app/Contents/MacOS/fpe/streem --remove-fpe-domain-and-preserve-unsynced-content Box ; defaults delete com.box.desktop; rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Box/Box

    This command will:


    • Archive all files that are not synced (not uploaded to Box) from ~/Library/CloudStorage/Box-Box and move it to a new folder at:

      • ~/Box-Box (Archive) (macOS 11.x)

        Note


        If you already have a "~/Box-Box (Archive)" folder from a previous manual reset, the folder will be named "~/Box-Box (Archive) 2", or if that name is already taken, "~/Box-Box (Archive) 3", and so on.





      • ~/Library/CloudStorage/Box-Box (<current day and time>) (macOS 12.x and newer)


    • Exclude from the above archive files that are “up-to-date” or synced on Box

    • Re-create the parent hierarchy of the archived files


  3. Restart Box Drive and follow the prompt to log back in.

Hope it works, 


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