# Excludedirs Exclude local directories and files from being included in Nextcloud ## Usage You can configure the directories and files to be included by setting the config entry from the command line. ``` occ config:app:set --value '[".snapshot","anotherfolder", "pattern/*/match"]' files_excludedirs exclude ``` Any file or folder matching one of the configured rules will not be included in Nextcloud if it exists on the filesystem and any user will be blocked from creating any file or folder matching any of the rules.