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Tom_M
Helpful | Level 6
11 years ago
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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 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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  • Xav.Danp's avatar
    Xav.Danp
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    Obviously Dropbox will continue to ignore their customers.

    This thread is almost 2 years old,but there's still no clear-cut answer.
    So Dropbox, please, give us a straight answer: are you planning or not to implement a way to ignore a list of files based on extension, pattern matching or whatever ?

    If you don't know how to do it, you may have a look on Owncloud client (https://doc.owncloud.org/desktop/2.1/navigating.html).
    Since you are using Qt too you may just copy/paste their "Ignored Files Editor".
    If it's too much of work, consider to open source your client. We will be happy to do it (for free. "Free" as in "You don't have to pay")

    If you are not going to do it, tell us and close this thread.

    Cheers. 

  • Ian M.19's avatar
    Ian M.19
    New member | Level 1
    9 years ago

    Wow, still not implemented? The lack of this feature is what's keeping us from moving our entire company over to Dropbox corporate.

  • Tomasz Ż.'s avatar
    Tomasz Ż.
    New member | Level 1
    9 years ago

    Come on Dropbox! This is the most cost-effective improvement you can make. Easy to implement and so much requested by users. I cannot believe you have failed to find resources to make it happen for almost two years already. You are disrespecting your paying customers with this attitude.