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jnesp's avatar
jnesp
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

selective sync for phone

Hello everyone Do you know if the selective synchronization exists on phone, I didn't find the answer and it would be a good idea to set up Thank you for your feedback
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    3 years ago

    Welcome aboard the Community, jnesp! I hope you’re doing well. 

     

    Selective sync isn’t available for mobile devices, since the files on your Dropbox mobile app don’t take up space from your phone, like the ones on the desktop app do. 

     

    As a result, this feature wouldn’t be necessary on your mobile device. 

     

    If you have any other questions though, don’t hesitate to ping me!

EvoluZion3's avatar
EvoluZion3
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

I use DB for two main things - uploading photos from my iphone to my PC, and hosting a backup of my PC files (projects I work on, video game screenshots, etc.)

I use SyncBackPro to periodically backup files from PC to my dropbox's \backup folder, and I want the backup folder to be otherwise invisible to the DB app.

The Dropbox PC app works fine, the root of this can only see my Camera Uploads folder (phone to PC), my Screenshots folder (PC to phone) and a small shared Docs folder. The "Selective Sync" preference of the app enables me to do this.

However the Dropbox app on my iphone seems to be able to see every single photo on my Dropbox, including my Backups folder, so whenever I do a backup from my PC to DB, thousands of image thumbnails appear on the "Photos" tab of the Dropbox iphone app.

I suspect if I start deleting them on the phone, they'll actually be deleted from my Backups folder, which I don't want. Is there a "Selective Sync" equivalent to the iphone app, so I can get it to totally ignore the Backups folder?

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hey EvoluZion3, thanks for posting!

     

    At the moment, there's no such feature available, but I was able to find an idea another user posted that might be worth checking out.

     

    You can find it here and up-vote it, to show your support!

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