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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
Idea Status Update
We're launching a closed beta for Ignore Files feature, and we’d love your help testing it out.
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Look, maybe if Dropbox made "exclude-file type" a feature available with the paid tiers. Would that motivate the company to implement this feature? I'd be willing to pay for a tier that has it.
Dropbox, you've lost me because of this and not only me I suppose...
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Adding my voice to this one. I've been wishing for the ability to tell DB to ignore certain file types and folder names (like node_modules) for ages now. Seems like im not alone. a .gitignore like feature is exactly whats needed. You dont need a fancy UI just a text file!
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By the way… just popped Twitter hashtag #CanIHazDropboxIgnore pointing to this thread with @Dropbox and @DropboxSupport in. Feel free to do the same. We really need this feature.
