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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
Idea Status Update
We're launching a closed beta for Ignore Files feature, and we’d love your help testing it out.
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- Dell_Dropbox
Community Manager
Ignore Files is available to all individual plan customers, stable releases as well.
- Dell_DropboxStatus changed:In BetatoDelivered
So maybe it would be better to update status of the idea? Currently I see "IN BETA". So is it really still in beta only or in stable releases too?
- Rich
Super User II
Is it still in beta? I see this feature in Preferences of my desktop app.
The feature is live and available to all individual plan customers.
Emma Hello! Is it still in beta? I see this feature in Preferences of my desktop app. Also there is public article on the feature: https://help.dropbox.com/sync/how-to-prevent-files-from-syncing. Looks like the feature is delivered to all users.
- Emma
ned666 hi Ned! This idea is now in beta, and we’d love your help testing it out. Learn more and sign up here.
Why it hasn't been implemented yet? I need this feature on Windows.
I applied, thanks!
- Amy
Hi michaelxp - you might have seen the update already, but the team are working on this at the moment and are looking for people to test it, so if you are interested in joining the beta you can apply here.
