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feliximafidon
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Exclude specific folder names with Smart Sync

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 uploadin...
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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    7 years ago
    Hi feliximafidon, thanks for detailed post on this, much appreciated! 
     
    Your feedback helps us improve our product and so I’ve made sure to pass your comments along to the dev team for future consideration.  
     
    I can also move this post to Share an idea so as to keep better track of it. In the mean time, if you have any other thoughts to forward, don’t hesitate to get back to us. :nerd:
  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    7 years ago
    Sorry about missing the question on that one, feliximafidon!
     
    In general, this depends on your Smart Sync settings or, in other words, whether they are set to default on online-only or local. If you have selected for files to be online-only, then your files and folders that are being downloaded to your new device should be online-only. 
     
    I hope this helped. Let me know if you have any other questions and I’ll make sure to get back to you as soon as possible! :grinning:
feliximafidon's avatar
feliximafidon
Helpful | Level 5

Thank you @Lusil, for your prompt response.

 

I'm glad the "ignore files/folders by selective names" feature is being considered by your team, and I hope that we will find it in a soon-to-come update. 

 

However, you did not answer my question. Or should I assume that my assumptions are true that Smart Sync doesn't solve problem #2 as highlighted in my question?

Lusil's avatar
Lusil
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7 years ago
Sorry about missing the question on that one, feliximafidon!
 
In general, this depends on your Smart Sync settings or, in other words, whether they are set to default on online-only or local. If you have selected for files to be online-only, then your files and folders that are being downloaded to your new device should be online-only. 
 
I hope this helped. Let me know if you have any other questions and I’ll make sure to get back to you as soon as possible! :grinning:

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