Don't sync just one subfolder (how-to)

[3m9ect6b]

Hi I LOVE this program because I can have a backup of all my phone files on my computer for free with almost no tedious effort.

Anyway how can I skip only the subfolder on my phone (with my downloaded videos)? (Not important to sync because I could just redownload if I drop my phone in the toilet.)

Thank you so much guys!

[Alex]

I guess this is what you want: https://docs.syncthing.net/users/ignoring.html

[3m9ect6b]

I tried to use the gui option to make the ignore file on my phone, but get

“cannot save file”

Screenshot

Does you or anyone else know why?

[tomasz86]

It’s likely the text editor that you’re using. You may try to either install a different text editing application, or alternatively open the Web GUI (from the left slide-out menu) and edit the ignore patterns there.

Just a side note, not really related to the problem at hand, but you can probably replace all the **Vid, **vid, *Vid, and *vid entries with a single (?i)*vid (no need for ** here).