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But be warned that Dropbox will delete that folder, so make sure to copy everything to another place before you do this and copy it back afterwards. Or just help us on this request for a better way to solve this dropboxforum.com/hc/communities/public/questions/…
– Thiago Duarte
Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 2:05
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I think this is not what the user was asking for. He wants Dropbox to ignore specific folders inside his local Dropbox folder. By contrast, this Selective Sync simply allows to delete some local folders while keeping them only on your Dropbox account, "in the cloud."
– sylbru
Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 8:08
@Niavlys You're certainly describing my problem. I've got a few pieces of junk that end up in my Dropbox folder due to a synchronization program on my computer--and they get backed up.
– Loren Pechtel
Commented Mar 21, 2018 at 13:22
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For anyone coming from search results, there is no currently Dropbox solution that doesn't require you moving your files to counter their system. Be careful and backup your files because if not you may lose them all.
– stwhite
Commented Aug 30, 2019 at 4:52
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@Sun you misinterpreted the question. OP (and others) don't want a folder from Dropbox to no be synced. We want a local folder to not be picked up by Dropbox
– birgersp
Commented May 14, 2022 at 17:19

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