This could be useful while sharing folders across teams on Dropbox. You might also choose to ignore environment variable files containing secret keys to your web server or your ssh private keys. node_modules have quite a number of files within them which can be safely ignored from syncing to Dropbox and recreated by doing a npm install at any point in time. This might slow down your computer.Īn example of such a folder is node_modules which get installed in a node project directory. Backing up such a folder could cause Dropbox to use a lot of CPU cycles and RAM on your computer to keep track of all the changes to your files. You would choose to ignore folders from syncing to dropbox when your folder contains thousands or millions of temporary files that aren't necessary to be backed up. The file/folder will still exist on Dropbox. You would choose dropbox exclude to exclude a big backup file that you don't have space for or don't need on your machine.
That means the folder only lies on your current machine and not on Dropbox.
Excluded folders can be included back onto your machine whenever you choose by going to the dropbox app's settings. The file/folder does, however, stay on Dropbox's servers. Dropbox exclude removes the folder from your machine altogether.If you're checking this in or after 2020, you can follow the official way to ignore a file/folder from syncing to dropbox from your computer.Īlthough, at the time of writing this post, the feature is still in Beta.
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