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I can see there's been a lot of demand for the "ignore files/folders with selective names" feature, but Dropbox is yet to consider an implementation.
Largely, what this does is (1) save on uploading unnecessary folders (such as node_modules) that take unnecessary space; and (2) save on downloading uncessary folders when adding a new device for syncing.
And by the way, Selective Sync doesn't solve this problem - as user responses have shown.
Now, there's the Smart Sync feature that solves problem #2 in some way. However, problem #1 is still there. Or does Smart Sync solve this too?
There seems to be a way now that's in beta, worked on windows 10 although doesn't show up as working until I pause sync and resume.
You have to navigate to folder on dropbox, hold ctrl+shift+(right click) somewhere in folder, [open powershell window here]
Then inside you copy/paste:
Set-Content -Path $Pwd -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1
So basically $Pwd is path to this location in powershell and the rest flags it somehow to ignore
This will (on next sync) put a grey minus sign on the whole folder and seems stop syncing. I've lost so many files to dropbox sync that happy at least something works. Found the solution elsewhere for files (replace $Pwd with path that includes filename at end) but I wanted a reusable script I can do quick.
Hope this helps.
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