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From the Exclude tab, you can prevent unwanted files and folders from being backed up to your account.




 You can use 
the following ways to exclude files/folders:
  • Files/folders with full path names: Exclude files/folders based on their complete path
  • Files/folders with partial namesExclude files/folders based on their partial names, file formats, etc


 To exclude files/folders via their full path names,
  1. Click .
  2. Select the desired files/folders and click Add to exclude list.





To exclude files/folders via their partial path names,
  1. Enter the partial file/folder name in the  field.
  2. Click .

Note:
 You can also exclude files of a specific format by entering the file extension. For e.g. if you want to exclude all .pst files then you need to enter .pst only.
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