Title: Help Excluding Folder From Updraft Plus
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Help Excluding Folder From Updraft Plus

 *  Resolved [thatsizz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thatsizz/)
 * (@thatsizz)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-excluding-folder-from-updraft-plus/)
 * I am trying to exclude my ‘all-in-one-migration’ backups as they are very large,
   but I can’t seem to get it right. Im sure it is something simple.
 * Here are the last back up details: [http://i61.tinypic.com/20f8axw.jpg](http://i61.tinypic.com/20f8axw.jpg)
 * Here are the settings: [http://i58.tinypic.com/33nvpu0.jpg](http://i58.tinypic.com/33nvpu0.jpg)
 * `Warning: A very large file was encountered: plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/
   backups/www.swflrescreens.com-20150625-164816-642.wpress (size: 570.4 Mb)`
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/)

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-excluding-folder-from-updraft-plus/#post-6268743)
 * Hi,
 * There’s no particular setting to exclude something from the ‘plugins’ folder –
   a plugin storing data in its own plugin folder is doing something wrong; its 
   against WP standards for where data is meant to be stored. (For a good reason:
   if a plugin stores in its own folder, then its data gets wiped out whenever the
   plugin gets updated).
 * But, you can force UD to not backup a directory, by placing a file with the name“.
   donotbackup” (without the quote marks, but with the period) in that directory(
   e.g. via FTP).
 * David
 *  [caricreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caricreates/)
 * (@caricreates)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-excluding-folder-from-updraft-plus/#post-6269029)
 * Can you tell me what type of file I should use for this “.donotbackup” file? 
   I’m fairly savvy but don’t know if this should just be a folder inside the directory
   that is named this, or if it’s even possible to name a .txt file this without
   the extension, or if there is just something I am missing about this. Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-excluding-folder-from-updraft-plus/#post-6269030)
 * [@caricreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caricreates/): Please see:
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post)
 *  [caricreates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caricreates/)
 * (@caricreates)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-excluding-folder-from-updraft-plus/#post-6269031)
 * Nevermind.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-excluding-folder-from-updraft-plus/#post-6269031)
 * Status: resolved