But if you create that folder again in your computer, now Dropbox will completely ignore it. Our dear empty local folder was removed, because that's how Selective Sync works. Confirm your changes and wait until Dropbox has finished applying them. You may have to switch to the Advanced view if it's your first time here.
Now uncheck the folder we're playing with. Go to the Dropbox's preferences and open Selective Sync settings. Now the folder you want to ignore is an empty folder in both your computer and the server. Just create a new empty folder, using the exact same name and location as the one just removed. But to use Selective Sync in the next step, we need a folder to uncheck. This will trigger Dropbox syncing and that folder will be removed from the server. In your computer, find the folder you want to ignore and move it to another location outside your Dropbox folder (we will move it back in step 3). We want the opposite, so let's trick Dropbox to do it. You can't use the Selective Sync feature alone to achieve this, because when you uncheck a folder, it is removed from your drive and is left untouched in the server.
Now the local folders will grow, but their server version will always be empty. Then we instruct Dropbox to stop syncing those folders, ignoring any local changes made to them.
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