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If anyone from Dropbox is following along in this thread, can you explain why your most requested feature has been ignored for years? https://www.dropboxforum.

If anyone from Dropbox is following along in this thread, can you explain why your most requested feature has been ignored for years? https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Ignore-folder-without-selective-sync/idi-p/5926 https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Ignore-folder-withou...

npkarnik 9y ago
I don't work at Dropbox, but I believe it's ignored by design. Fewer users would upgrade their storage to the paid plans.
- dabernathy89 9y ago
  I hadn't even considered that TBH.
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rdslw 9y ago
Im not from Dropbox but answer is easy: because that would canibalize on selective/smart sync feature.
roryisok 9y ago
I did not realise I wanted that until now. Makes perfect sense
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Nition 9y ago
Similarly: "Stop auto-inheriting new folders when using selective sync"[1] Another many-page thread from 2014. It's a big problem everywhere, but especially in business settings where there's often tons of data and anyone adding a new folder to Dropbox ends up syncing that new folder to everyone, whether they want anything to do with it or not. For personal use it sucks when you only want to sync a few folders to e.g. a PC with a small hard drive, or if you've got a data cap. The new "online only" option is nice but "don't auto-sync new folders" is a seemingly simple option that's been missing for years. OneDrive has it.[1] [1] https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Stop-auto-inheriting-new-folders-when-using-selective-sync/idi-p/4630 https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Stop-auto-inheriting... [2] https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Choose-which-OneDrive-folders-to-sync-to-your-computer-98b8b011-8b94-419b-aa95-a14ff2415e85 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Choose-which-OneDri... "If you're choosing folders on two computers and you create a new folder on computer A that you want to sync to computer B, you'll need to go to computer B and select the new folder there."
- steindavidb 9y ago
  this is actually fixed with selective sync in dropbox pro
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npkarnik 9y ago

I don't work at Dropbox, but I believe it's ignored by design. Fewer users would upgrade their storage to the paid plans.

dabernathy89 9y ago
I hadn't even considered that TBH.
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rdslw 9y ago

Im not from Dropbox but answer is easy: because that would canibalize on selective/smart sync feature.

roryisok 9y ago

I did not realise I wanted that until now. Makes perfect sense

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Nition 9y ago

Similarly: "Stop auto-inheriting new folders when using selective sync"[1] Another many-page thread from 2014. It's a big problem everywhere, but especially in business settings where there's often tons of data and anyone adding a new folder to Dropbox ends up syncing that new folder to everyone, whether they want anything to do with it or not. For personal use it sucks when you only want to sync a few folders to e.g. a PC with a small hard drive, or if you've got a data cap. The new "online only" option is nice but "don't auto-sync new folders" is a seemingly simple option that's been missing for years. OneDrive has it.[1] [1] https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Stop-auto-inheriting-new-folders-when-using-selective-sync/idi-p/4630 https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Stop-auto-inheriting... [2] https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Choose-which-OneDrive-folders-to-sync-to-your-computer-98b8b011-8b94-419b-aa95-a14ff2415e85 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Choose-which-OneDri... "If you're choosing folders on two computers and you create a new folder on computer A that you want to sync to computer B, you'll need to go to computer B and select the new folder there."

steindavidb 9y ago
this is actually fixed with selective sync in dropbox pro

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