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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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hakimelek
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

It would actually be nice to have dropbox to ignore synchronizing specific folders with a given name or pattern!

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Walter
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8 years ago

Sorry to hear you felt this way undegroundalien - it wasn't my intention at all. 

 

As I do understand the importance of this, I thought it would be nice to gather all feedback to pass along to the team so as to voice your concerns and requests. 

 

I know it's not optimal and I wish I could help more than this.