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Tom_M
Helpful | Level 6
12 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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Lars P.3
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Thanks for backtracking and listening to the users.

1. The current solution is complicated.

2. It is not cross-platform.

3. It's not persistent. Is the folder recreated you have to set up the ignore again.

4. If another, not supported computer creates the folder it is synchronized which leads to unpredictable results.