# default excludes # examples https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/blob/master/Duplicati/Library/Utility/FilterGroups.cs # note, because we're using a VSS directory, we can use that as the root dir for exclude rules (i.e. resticVSS) hiberfil.sys pagefile.sys swapfile.sys $$Recycle.Bin autoexec.bat Config.Msi Documents and Settings Recycled Recycler System Volume Information Recovery Program Files Program Files (x86) ProgramData PerfLogs Windows Windows.old Microsoft\Windows\Recent Microsoft\**\RecoveryStore* Microsoft\**\Windows\*.edb Microsoft\**\Windows\*.log Microsoft\**\Windows\Cookies* MSOCache NTUSER* ntuser* UsrClass.dat # cloud services Dropbox AppData\Local\Google\Drive Google Drive\.tmp.drivedownload resticVSS\OneDriveTemp # browsers Google\Chrome # AppData AppData\Local\Microsoft AppData\Local\Duplicati AppData\Local\D3DSCache AppData\Local\ConnectedDevicesPlatform AppData\Local\Packages AppData\Roaming\Signal AppData\Local\ElevatedDiagnostics AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Store AppData\Local\restic AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache AppData\Local\IsolatedStorage AppData\Local\Spotify AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop AppData\Roaming\Code AppData\Roaming\Slack AppData\Roaming\Spotify AppData\Roaming\Zoom # misc. temporary files Temporary Internet Files Thumbs.db AppData\Local\Temp Users\Public\AccountPictures