Hello, I would like to know, if there is a chance to exclude folders from the backup?
On one site there are many pdf downloads with big files and I do not want to have then in every backup.
Greetings from Germany.
Holger
#41908 Exclude files
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latest
Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 12 May 2025 02:55 CDT
Monday, 12 May 2025 01:06 CDT
holgerbusch
Monday, 12 May 2025 02:55 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
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Of course you can. For a quick overview, we have a video tutorial about it: https://www.akeeba.com/videos/1212-akeeba-backup/1621-abtc07-excluding-large-files.html
If you prefer reading instead of watching a video, the full documentation of the features to exclude files can be found at https://www.akeeba.com/documentation/akeeba-backup-joomla/exclude-data-from-backup.html#files-and-directories-exclusion and https://www.akeeba.com/documentation/akeeba-backup-joomla/regex-files-directories-exclusion.html.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
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