Mass edititng exclude list

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hushpuppies
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Mass edititng exclude list

Post by hushpuppies »

Hi there,

I'm sure somebody else asked this before, but I'm too blind to find it :(

Is there a way to add a large list of *.ext to Everything exclude list without manually adding each entry?

Thanks :)
void
Developer
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Joined: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:31 pm

Re: Mass edititng exclude list

Post by void »

Unfortunately, no.
Not in Everything 1.4

Easiest way is to exit Everything and edit your Everything.ini directly:
  • Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
  • Open your %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini
  • Set
    exclude_files=
    to a semicolon (
    ;
    ) delimited list of *.ext filters.
  • For example:
    exclude_files=*.tmp;*.db;*.foo
  • Save changes and restart Everything.


For Everything 1.5, you can click the
...
button to the right of Exclude files and paste your multi-line extension filter list.
hushpuppies
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Jul 05, 2026 6:37 am

Re: Mass edititng exclude list

Post by hushpuppies »

Thanks - this helps me a lot!