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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 good explanation of why it's not there. A quick google search reveals loads of people also looking for the same feature. I really like the workflow I have with dropbox, but it's getting to the point where I might switch providers in order to allow better selective sync.
I've seen hackish solutions using selective sync, but it would be great if this could be done in one of the following ways:
- global pattern matching eg "node_modules"
- a marker file in the directory like .dropboxignore
- a simple right click context menu "Ignore this folder"
Other than that, keep up the good work. Cheers.
Tom
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I couldnt find any other question like this. I want to exclude some folders from dropbox. I know that selective sync allows you to not sync certain devices with dropbox folders, but that doesn't help me because that doesnt affect dropbox itself.
Selective sync is good if you have a device that does not have a lot of space and you don't want to sync your Camera Uploads to that device to save space, for example.
But my problem is I don't have much space in dropbox because a subfolder (Folder B) of one of my dropbox synced folders (Folder A) is massive. Folder A is a very important supra folder that I want to sync, but if I could exclude Folder B, it would mean the rest of the valuable files in Folder A and its other subfolders would be safe, but I would regain that space that Folder B was unecessarily hogging.
Is there a way to do this?
Thank you!
Is there at least an explanation as to why this hasn't happened yet? I'm coming up on my renewal and I'd be way more understanding if dropbox communicated a technical roadblock as to why this hasn't happened yet.
hmmm megasync.
I have never heard of it before. I once used copy which was another company.
Because it was not famous it wne tout of business and I had to grab all my contrent off of it very fast! I dont want that to happen again...
How big is megasync and where on their site does it say they block node_modules or allow you to make an ignore file?
I am unable to restore a folder I accidentially deleted because it's too large. It's too large because Dropbox synced the entire node_modules folder. I now have to revert two events with no clue as to which (if either) is going to bring back the actual files I need because I can't read through the incredibly designed infinte scroll with no search Event. I have been a paying member of Dropbox for over a decade and this still is an issue I cannot solve.
Wow, yes! MegaSync seems to have this feature and be a better option than Dropbox across the board (cheaper, more features, nicer sync app). Uploading my files now, hope it continues to impress.
Thanks!
I've unsubscribed from OneDrive & Google drive due to this issue and feel stupid that I wasn't more accurate reading about "selective sync" more carefully. Seems like Dropbox is next, **bleep**. Let's what megasync has to offer =)
Well, git.
I recently moved a whole bunch of projects there, for this exact reason. I now barely use Dropbox anymore.
....I am having to deal with this issue to. it sucks....
Are there any other cloud services that deal with this?
Absolutely, Kamik. node_modules is an obvious example, but only one of countless possible use cases.
