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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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Razvan Boxifier
Collaborator | Level 10
4 years ago

Lars P.3 while it may feel that way, there is actually some hope for this feature to be delivered sooner than expected.

 

The Dropbox Backup FAQ contains a reference to a ".dbxignore" file that Dropbox places in the root of the external drive when you use Dropbox Backup with that drive. The contents of that file look like this:

 

You can quickly notice the structure of the .dbxignore file looks inspired by that of .gitignore files.

 

I tried to edit the contents of the file and added a new wildcard rule. The next time Dropbox backup was triggered (I had to restart Dropbox for that), the rule that I added took effect. Hooray!

 

Hope this helps at least with giving some hope that since Dropbox now has this implemented for backups, they could soon be adding it to their sync product as well.

 

Razvan