SharePoint 2013 Folder Content Types

Hi,
In SP2013 I have library with a default content type (IT Library Content Type) that I want to change when a file is placed in a particular folder in this library.
The default content type order for this folder has been changed to a different content type 'Issues' and should be the only content type shown when the edit page is presented. However, when a file is added to this folder, a Content Type selection
listbox is presented showing 'It Library Content Type' as the default selection with the 'Issues' content type available for selection.
Desired behavior is to have 'Issues' content type columns presented, with no content type selections seen, when the Edit Page is shown.
Thanks

Hi,
As you said about Folder content type in SharePoint, I supposed that you were talking about Document Set content type.
If I misunderstood, please feel free to correct me.
If that is the case, the issue is by design that the default content type will be available when uploading or editing documents inside the document set even though the content type is not added in the allowed content types in Document Set settings. And the
default content type of the library will be set the default selection when editing or uploading documents inside the document set.
As a workaround, I recommend to set the allowed content type as the default content type in the document library.
Best regards.
Thanks
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