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Tom_M
10 years agoHelpful | Level 6
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Investigating
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
- Matt M.60New member | Level 1
+1001. I'm a titch insulted by dropbox continuing to ignore this thread. And I'm getting desperate enough to look for other solutions. btsync isn't good enough because I need my in-progress projects in the cloud, not just on my own computers. I don't trust MEGA. Despite my disappointment at the moment, I trust dropbox, and want you guys to get this feature in production.
- Johnny W.2Helpful | Level 7
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!
- Brad B.23New member | Level 2
@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.2Helpful | Level 7
Hi Ed, thanks for replying to us. It's been 10 months since this thread was created, and it remains the most popular issue raised on these forums (even not including the other highly voted threads duplicating a request for the same feature).
When do you think the internal team will make a decision on this? Right now it's actually hindering my work on a regular basis. I don't wish to create new projects in DropBox because as soon as I create a `node_modules` (a standard folder used in nearly all modern web development) I will be looking at 6000+ file uploads.
I understand that, from a business point of view, DropBox isn't interested in helping me with this problem. I appreciate that it's in your interest to get us to upload as many files as possible in the hope we will run out of space, forcing us to hand over more money to your company (I'm already a Pro customer, so I suppose that would mean Business).
It's worth noting, however, that even though `node_modules` can easily amount to 6000+ files, it typically only equates to around 20MB. There is very little gain for DropBox, and an awful lot of pain for your customers.
So can you please tell us when we are likely to see a decision made on this issue so we can decide whether or not to stay with your company.
Thanks again for your time.
Johnny
- Johnny W.2Helpful | Level 7
@Guido The problem is that it's a workaround, not a fix. Many of us want this feature added so we don't have to mess around with Selective Sync every time. Plus, to be honest, I'm pretty sure most have seen it: You only posted it two days ago and got several responses to it (including one from me).
- Frank R.15Helpful | Level 5
+1
- Daniel S.88Helpful | Level 5
Do this!! Do this now!
Dropbox takes about 2 weeks to sync and it is ONLY because of the dozens of node_modules in my directory which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of files.
- Johnny W.2Helpful | Level 7
Just a reminder to everyone that you should UPVOTE the actual question, too!
- Fahrul R.New member | Level 1
+99999999
- Vít P.Explorer | Level 3
+1 for .dropboxignore
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