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Tom_M
Helpful | Level 6
11 years ago
Status:
In Beta

Add .dropboxignore directory to exclude folders without using selective sync

Please please please can you add a feature that allows folders to be excluded from the Dropbox account (on windows and mac). For sure I'm not the first person to request this, but I'm yet to find a g...
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Ed
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8 years ago
Status added:
Closed - Not for right now

Hello all,

 

Just want to update this again to inform that there're currently no plans to implement such feature. There are several workarounds to solve this (for example moving the folder out of your Dropbox folder or using Selective Sync).

 

Thanks everyone for the passion and constant feedback.