Topic
The items listed in this article will be excluded from NinjaOne Backup jobs on Windows devices by default.
Environment
- NinjaOne Backup
- Operating system: Windows
Description
Excluded Item List
Some of the exclusions listed here can be modified under the Advanced tab when configuring backup plans. To learn how to configure backup plans, refer to the Additional Resources section at the end of this article.
"id","type","pattern","description"
"1","folder",".*/users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Temp","appdata local temp"
"2","folder","[a-z]:/windows","windows folder"
"3","folder","[a-z]:/recycler","recycler"
"4","folder","[a-z]:/Program Files","applications"
"5","folder","[a-z]:/Program Files (x86)","32bit applications"
"6","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/ShaderCache","chrome cache data"
"7","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/GrShaderCache","chrome cache data"
"8","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Cache","chrome cache"
"9","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/GPUCache","cache data"
"10","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Code Cache","chrome cache"
"11","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/IndexedDB","chrome indexed db"
"12","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Application Cache","chrome cache"
"13","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Sessions","chrome sessions"
"14","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile[^/]+/Cache","chrome user cache"
"15","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile[^/]+/GPUCache","cache data"
"16","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile[^/]+/Code Cache","chrome cache"
"17","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile[^/]+/IndexedDB","chrome indexed db"
"18","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile[^/]+/Application Cache","chrome cache"
"19","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile[^/]+/Sessions","chrome sessions"
"20","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/ShaderCache","Edge cache data"
"21","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/GrShaderCache","Edge cache data"
"22","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default/Cache","Edge chromium cache"
"23","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default/GPUCache","Edge chromium data"
"24","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default/Code Cache","Edge chromium cache"
"25","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default/IndexedDB","Edge chromium indexed db"
"26","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default/Application Cache","Edge chromium cache"
"27","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default/Sessions","Edge chromium sessions"
"28","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Profile[^/]+/Cache","Edge chromium cache"
"29","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Profile[^/]+/GPUCache","Edge chromium cache data"
"30","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Profile[^/]+/Code Cache","Edge chromium cache"
"31","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Profile[^/]+/IndexedDB","Edge chromium indexed db"
"32","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Profile[^/]+/Application Cache","Edge chromium cache"
"33","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Profile[^/]+/Sessions","Edge chromium sessions"
"34","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Explorer","explorer local data"
"35","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/DomainSuggestions","ie"
"36","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCookies","inet"
"37","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/[^/]+/cache2?","firefox"
"38","folder",".*/AppData/Local/Temp","temp folder"
"39","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/.Trash","trash folder"
"40","folder",".*/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files","ie temp"
"41","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows Defender","windows defender"
"42","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Network","windows network"
"43","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Search/Data","windows search"
"44","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Microsoft/RAC","ms rac folder"
"45","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/NinjaRMMAgent","ninja files"
"46","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/lockhart","lockhart files"
"47","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Dropbox","Dropbox app data folder"
"48","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Box","Box app data folder"
"49","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Microsoft OneDrive","Microsoft OneDrive app data"
"50","folder","[a-z]:/System Volume Information","system volume"
"51","folder","[a-z]:/windows.old","windows upgrade backup"
"52","folder","[a-z]:/windows10upgrade","windows upgrade data"
"53","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Roaming/Code/Cache","cache data"
"54","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Roaming/Code/GPUCache","cache data"
"55","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Packages","cache data"
"56","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Roaming/Slack","cache data"
"57","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Roaming/Slack/Cache","cache data"
"58","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Comms/UnistoreDB","cache data"
"59","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/ActionCenterCache","cache data"
"60","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/Pictures/iCloud Pictures","icloud pictures"
"61","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Dropbox","dropbox"
"62","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Box Sync","box sync"
"63","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/OneDrive","ms onedrive"
"64","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/OneDrive","onedrive"
"65","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/Dropbox","dropbox"
"66","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/.*Dropbox","dropbox"
"67","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/OneDrive","onedrive"
"68","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/OneDrive .+","onedrive Office365"
"69","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/Box","box"
"70","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/Google Drive","googledrive"
"71","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Drive","google drive"
"72","folder",".*/$Recycle.Bin","recycle bin"
"73","folder","[a-z]:/$WINDOWS.~BT","windows upgrade backup"
"74","folder","[a-z]:/$WINDOWS.~WS","windows upgrade backup"
"75","extension","exe","exe file"
"76","extension","dll","dll file"
"77","extension","log","log file"
"78","extension","iso","iso file"
"79","extension","dmg","dmg file"
"80","extension","dmp","dmp file"
"81","extension","tmp","tmp file"
"82","extension","sys","sys file"
"83","extension","etl","etl file"
"84","extension","cab","cab file"
"85","extension","msi","msi file"
"86","extension","wab~","wab~ file"
"87","extension","vmc","vmc file"
"88","extension","vhd","vhd file"
"89","extension","vhdx","vhdx file"
"90","extension","vdi","vdi file"
"91","extension","vo1","vo1 file"
"92","extension","vo2","vo2 file"
"93","extension","vsv","vsv file"
"94","extension","vud","vud file"
"95","extension","o","o file"
"96","extension","obj","o file"
"97","extension","sparseimage","sparseimage file"
"98","extension","wim","wim file"
"99","extension","ost","ost file"
"100","extension","qtch","qtch file"
"101","extension","ithmb","ithmb file"
"102","extension","vmdk","vmdk file"
"103","extension","vmem","vmem file"
"104","extension","vmsd","vmsd file"
"105","extension","vmsn","vmsn file"
"106","extension","vmss","vmss file"
"107","extension","vmx","vmx file"
"108","extension","vmxf","vmxf file"
"109","extension","menudata","menudata file"
"110","extension","appicon","appicon file"
"111","extension","appinfo","appinfo file"
"112","extension","pva","pva file"
"113","extension","pvs","pvs file"
"114","extension","pvi","pvi file"
"115","extension","pvm","pvm file"
"116","extension","fdd","fdd file"
"117","extension","hds","hds file"
"118","extension","drk","drk file"
"119","extension","mem","mem file"
"120","extension","nvram","nvram file"
"121","extension","hdd","hdd file"
"122","extension","pkg","pkg file"
"123","filename","pagefile.sys","page file"
"124","filename","swapfile.sys","swap file"
"125","filename","hiberfil.sys","hibernation file"
"126","filename","desktop.ini","desktop.ini"
"127","filename","ntuser.dat","ntuser.dat"
"128","common",".*/ntuser.log[0-9]*","ntuser.log"
"129","common",".*/~[^/]*","~ file"
"130","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Roaming/npm-cache","node package manager cache"
"131","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Service Worker","chrome service worker"
"132","common","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/UsrClass.dat.*","usrclass.dat file"
"133","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/TeamViewer/Database","teamviewer database"
"134","common","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/ntuser.dat..*","ntuser.dat.LOG"
"135","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/WebCache","explorer cache data"
"136","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Indexed DB","ie db"
"137","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/System Profile[^/]*/Cache","chrome sys profile cache"
"138","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Guest Profile[^/]*/Cache","chrome guest profile cache"
"139","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Packages","Packages data folder"
"140","folder","[a-z]:/ProgramData/Microsoft/SensorService","windows sensor service network"
"141","folder","[a-z]:/Users/[^/]+/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/SmartScreen","Edge smart screen data"
"142","folder",".*/Users/[^/]+/Dropbox[^/]*","dropbox+"
Additional Resources
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