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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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  • Zane L.'s avatar
    Zane L.
    Explorer | Level 4
    9 years ago

    Dear DropBox, please please please listen to us and impliment this feature ASAP.

    It's the one thing about DB that really lets it down.

    I'm guessing that most of the people looking for this feature are Business or Pro users, so please listen to the people that are paying you for this service! I first looked into this 2 years ago and still nothing has happened.

     

    Thanks, your (currently) loyal customer

  • DominikLevitsky's avatar
    DominikLevitsky
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    This is a much needed feature. Really strange, that it is still not implemented, guys. :cry:

  • indigoconcept's avatar
    indigoconcept
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 years ago

     Couldn't agree more...this is killing us!  We are seriously considering moving away now as this topic has been around for ages and Dropbox seem content to ignore it.  I appreciate the developers are probably a very small percentage of their users but this, seemingly small, feature addition would help ensure that the likes of us stay with DB.

    Here's hoping someone influential agrees and does something about it this time...

     

  • Zapnologica's avatar
    Zapnologica
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    I think this would be a great feature. And it does not have to confuse your average consumer.

    Simply allow for a GIT type ` .dropboxignore`  file to be put into a folder.

    I store many visual studio projects on dropbox and when I build the solution it uploads 2000 tiny files which really are not needed to be backed up.