# How to exclude a folder from indexing?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-exclude-a-folder-from-indexing/35318>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** fulltextsearch-app\
**Created:** [August 20, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-exclude-a-folder-from-indexing/35318 "2018-08-20T09:38:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cult](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/cult/32/8547_2.png) [@Cult](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Cult)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-exclude-a-folder-from-indexing/35318/2 "2018-08-22T14:39:17Z")

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add a .noindex file in your folder

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