Add .dropboxignore directory to exclude folders without using selective sync

[Tom_M]

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

[Emma]

Hi folks, 

Thanks for your feedback on this.
While ignored files delivers for some of the use cases here, I appreciate it does not for all. 
We'll be taking another review of this thread to isolate use cases for a .dropboxignore file feature in particular.

I've updated the status and we'll take this to the product team.
As a side note, it would be helpful for us if you could outline the gap between what ignored files offers, and what a .dropboxignore file feature would add to your workflows.

Thank you.

[Eric F.19]

Never listen to users...

Dropbox == Hopeless!!

[Ramses S.]

As a paying customer I concur and would like to see this feature added. Thank you.

[Ryan W.6]

How is this not yet a thing?

[Scott G.14]

+1

This feature should standard in Pro. Surely better for Dropbox themselves also, less constantly changing files to track?

[Franco G.4]

Please!

[Kendall B.1]

+1

[Hecham G.]

I like the 3 different approaches, but if you have to force rank solutions .dropboxignore would be at the top.

[Ari U.]

This would be great. Others have said it better than I can. +1

[Hylke V.]

Please create something like a .gitignore for DropBox (.dropboxignore???)!!!

[Jarrod M.]

+1

Agreed, this needs to happen. Especially now that I am a paying customer because my 40gig phone-signup promo expired and I couldn't be bothered moving my stuff. Well played DB, your marketing tactic got me.