completely agree this is a needed feature. I code, write, and game on one computer with no need for all my game launchers and what-not to be backed up; for the sole reason that they're all in Documents.

This would be very useful for me as a developer, especially excluding folder/files like .gitignore does.

Proton please add this

This would be useful, I wanted my lightroom catalogue to be backed up. but there is a folder in there with 10's of thousands of previews, which i don't need backed up. The lightroom catalogue is stored in my pictures folder, and i want every folder under pictures backed up except for one. having to select all the folders is way to much work compared to excluding one folder. hope this feature is on the road map.

It would really help. I could restructure my drive, but would rather just tell PD what to sync and skip.

PLEASE at least acknowledge this Proton!

I am already using Proton Drive and it would be amazing if I could safely store my work on it, but I need to exclude files / folders from it. I am a software developer and debug data goes easily up to 6 gb which I don't want stored.
Having this feature I won't risk losing everything that's not on github if I lose / break my device.

Please add this basic sync requirement.

Would be nice to have this soon ;-) Thanks in advance.

I have limited or no use for many Proton features. For example, I have no use for the calendar nor the multiple email options, email domains, etc. End to end encryption on email and VPN, coupled with Proton's dedication to encryption and privacy, and open source have been the main reason I use Proton. I have recently started using Proton Drive, and was going to upgrade my account to the maximum amount of backup space..... until I realized I could not select folders and files to be excluded from backup and sync. This is unworkable for me, causing me to not only stop using the sync option altogether, manually uploading only mission critical folders and files, but it has stopped me from upgrading to the best Proton plan available. I don't mind paying the price for Proton services at all and have been happy with it in almost all ways (even though I pay for features I don't need or use!), but Proton Drive does not meet my needs in terms of storage in anyway shape or form, and thus it does not meet my privacy needs at this time. At this point I am not willing to spend more money on features that I DON'T USE in order to get more storage without the means to have more input in my use of Proton Drive. I don't need everything on my computer backed up or synced, only certain things. With all due respect and praise for Proton Mail and its other services, please make Proton Drive a more robust tool that meets the needs of Proton users. I have no plans to stop using Proton, I'm simply going to restrain myself from upgrading to more expensive plans until Proton Drive works better and is more robust in its features.

Thank you!

P.S. I also wish Proton was NOT going to a “nonprofit status.” Profits drive innovation and good services/products, and profit loss does the same in reverse proportion. Profit promotes hard work and competition, which is always good in a free market.

This is the reason I haven't upgraded to Proton Unlimited, since I need to use another program for file storage.

Having issues where proton drive tries to sync a working directory and gets caught in a never ending upload loop. For this to be remotely usable for me, I need to be able to exclude folders as a start and files later on

This feature is actually critical. With over like 50+ projects, node_modules really stacks up and it eating so much of my drive.

Completely agree. I have several large data folders critical for a project but not required to be remotely synched or shared.

critical for me

something like ".gitignore" might be useful

It's truly crucial for many programming workflows

My biggest think about this is also sharing code between projects, but Rust's target folder is far too big to sync.

As I use Proton Drive to store code for projects I need the ability to exclude folders such as node_modules and .next. This causes me significant issues and time wasted.

Yes, selective sync is really important for many people.