Excluding folders from music app

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Is there any way to exclude folders from the music app?

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Have you tried to create a .media file in a folder to exclude it from being scanned?

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Just did. I created a .media file in the folder and reset the music collection, scanned, and the files were still there.

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Iā€™ve just seen that such a feature isnā€™t yet available in the Music app as mentioned here. If it is an option for you, you can install the Audio player app which supports exluding directories by creating a .noaudio file.

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Thanks for the help. Iā€™m just going to stick with the music app because it works best for my employers. We just didnā€™t want unnecessary files in the music app. Thanks!

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This feature has been included in the Music app since v0.17.0. You can find it under ā€˜Settingsā€™ view within the app. You can select either individual folders for exclusion, or write an exclude pattern using the wildcard characters.

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