You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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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 g...
@projectdeliverypartners Dude you’re not using this at the level we are discussing. It’s not just handling one folder and you’re done. It’s accessing sync operations across several devices, through remote operations. As is, without an ignore file and just with using the ignore command, you have to manage each folder for each device separately.
The OP mixed up selective sync with ignore 10 years ago, and for some reason the admins keep merging this with other threads that more lucidly state the problem. It’s about ignoring a local folder across several devices, as they are being setup. That’s the whole point of a an .ignore file. Again, think about GitHub and why it has one.