By CBACKUP twitter / Last Updated May 31, 2021

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In this article, we'll learn how to enable and set a Backup Filter in a Backup Task. Using filters will greatly improve your backup efficiency.

Settings - File Filter

Firstly, please sign in your CBackup account then click Tasks-> click Plus Icon to create a new task.

Then please follow the steps below to set File Filter:

1. Find the File Filter setting, there are two methods to find the File Filter.

For the new task, please click the Settings button when creating it,

Backup Filter Settings New Task

For the created old tasks, please click the three-dot button then select Settings.

Backup Filter Settings Old Task

2. Select the File Filter tab in the Backup Settings window.

Select File Filter

3. Set the backup file type depending on needs.

There are three methods of Filtering,

  • Backup all files: Do not filter any file.

Backup All Files

  • Exclude selected file types: You can list the file types that need to be filtered, and these file types will be excluded during backup.

Excluded Files1

  • Contains the selected file types：You can list the file types that need to be backed up in the backup file filter. Only these types of files will be backed up during backup. The specific rules are the same as above.

Contains All Files

For Exclude selected file types and Contains the selected file types , you can also click Add Filter to add customize filter, after clicking the Add Filter button, please fill in the correct file type and format, and then click the blank to complete the filling.

In other words, you can click Add Filter to input the file format you want to filter. You could use the wildcard *, for example: *.tmp, *tmp, *tmp*, tmp*,tmp.

* represents 0,1, or more characters.

Excluded Files2

Besides this, when your move cursor on the file types, there is a three-dot button on the right side. You can click the three-dot button to Edit or Delete the current file type.

Excluded Files3

Furthermore, you can also double-click the entry to enter the edit mode. You can use the wildcard character *, for example: *.tmp、*tmp、*tmp*、tmp*、tmp. The * represents 0, 1, or more characters.

Excluded Files4

4. Click OK after the configuration. This modification will be performed at the next backup.

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