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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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  • Ed's avatar
    Ed
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    10 years ago

    Hello everyone

    Thanks so much for the continuous feedback on this feature. We've taken notes of your points and pain points and have passed this on internally. I encourage you to keep letting us know about things you like/dislike or would like to see differently but please not we may not reply to all comments or take immediate actions on anything. 

    Thanks again,

  • Johnny W.2's avatar
    Johnny W.2
    Helpful | Level 7
    10 years ago

    I got a similar response:

    Thank you for following up here. We've relayed that Community thread to the team, and we appreciate the feedback.

    I wonder if there's another way we can get in touch.

    Edit: I've opened a support ticket. Hopefully we can get SOME feedback from a developer in the team.

  • Reed T.1's avatar
    Reed T.1
    New member | Level 1
    10 years ago

    +1

    Totally needed!

    ".git" folders ruin the could-have-been-smooth experience of syncing to dropbox!

  • Brad B.23's avatar
    Brad B.23
    New member | Level 2
    10 years ago

    @DropboxSupport tweeted back:

    Hi, thank you for following up. We did relay that Community thread to the team so that they are aware of your feedback.

  • Johnny W.2's avatar
    Johnny W.2
    Helpful | Level 7
    10 years ago

    I have also Tweeted it to their support. This issue already has more votes than any other previously raised issue, but more votes wouldn't hurt things!

  • Tom_M's avatar
    Tom_M
    Helpful | Level 6
    10 years ago

    I have an open case on this on the Dropbox help desk, and I pester them every now and then to see how its going. Apparently this forum thread is a footnote on the dev task "improved Selective Sync feature". So please keep voting to try and bring this to the top of the pile.

  • Brad B.23's avatar
    Brad B.23
    New member | Level 2
    10 years ago

    Not that it will help, but I pointed to this thread on Twitter in a public reply to @DropboxSupport

  • Sam B.27's avatar
    Sam B.27
    New member | Level 2
    10 years ago

    Thanks Johnny.. I hadn't noticed that before.. Just upvoted.