Hide folders from Box Drive
hide a set of folders from box drive while leaving them available on Box for office and Box online

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Anonymous commented
What's the hold up on this feature?
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Anonymous commented
Is there an update on this request? Is this feature still being considered after two years? It would make so many people's lives so much easier to navigate!
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Casey Gatti commented
As an admin, I would love the capability to specify what folders can be accessed in Box Drive. I currently do not allow Box Drive in my org specifically since I can't control that.
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Anonymous commented
This is a long overdue update. Box Sync was great with this and my whole team would appreciate this function of having only specific synced folders/files viewable on our local computers.
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Carolyn Redeker commented
I have folders that I can't remove myself from because they're shared with a group, but I don't want to see them
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Anonymous commented
I cannot find my files in finder because it's cluttered by everyone else's files that have recently been updated.
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Anonymous commented
For security reasons, some folders would be better not shown on local computers via Box Drive. If the computer is hacked, a malicious agent can exfiltrate data shown in Box Drive just as any local data could be exfiltrated. It would be better if we were able to designate a folder as not available on Box Drive if it contains sensitive data that does not need to be accessed every day. The folder would be accessible through the online portal but not through Box Drive. This is reproducing a functionality that was available in Box Sync where a folder could be set to not sync. It would be best if this setting was controllable by the folder owner.
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Anonymous commented
On my desktop Box Drive, can I see only folders where I'm owner not all the folders where I'm just viewer or Editor. I would prefer to view other folders where i'm not owner on box web. This will make less clutter on my desktop.
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M'cha commented
I have collaborations that have been forced by my organisation and cannot be deleted. These are visible on Box Drive and I would like to hide them. / 組織で強制的に作られた、削除できないコラボレーションがあります。これはBox Drive上に表示されており、私はこれらを非表示にしたいと思っています。
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Anonymous commented
PLEASE! We need this option.
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Anonymous commented
Get this released stat! Too much clutter with all of my folders visible. I only use about 5% of my total folder population on a regular basis so ease of access is hindered.
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Anonymous commented
During iOS reinstall by my company, they replaced Box Sync with Box Drive. I didn't realise this at first and couldn't understand why I suddenly had a long list of folders I never use. Now that I understand, I have switched back to Box Sync, as Box Drive is just adding clutter without value! If I want to see all folders, I will go to online platform; but on my desktop I want to be in control!
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Anonymous commented
I could not agree more with these comments. I am not concerned with every folder my company has created, only the ones that are pertinent to me, so Drive adds to the clutter, rather than reducing it.
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Anonymous commented
I support this enhancement 100%. I switched to Box Drive today but did not realize that I could not control which folders show in my Box Drive. I regret switching and may switch back to Box Sync.
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Anonymous commented
I vote for this enhancement. We need to have control over our drive and to see a bunch of folders that have been shared with me yet I don't really need to access creates a tremendous amount of clutter!
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Anonymous commented
This is an essential need. If I cannot move folders for which I am not an owner, then I need to hide them. I have 1000's of folders at the top level, all created by collaborators.
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Anonymous commented
How is this NOT an option 2 years later!?!?!
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Anonymous commented
I'm at a university. Students' private information is shared with me, but I don't want to have those files accessible on my computer. I share my home computer with my family and I have my computer in my research lab. I need to be able to unsync or un-share some folders with drive, as I was able to with Box Sync. Thanks!
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Anonymous commented
Very important to reduce the clutter. Box is not usable if using Box Drive.
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Anonymous commented
What is an update on this?