Exclude specific kinds of files from being uploaded
This setting lets you enter keywords to prevent the OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe) from uploading certain files to OneDrive or SharePoint. You can enter complete names, such as "setup.exe" or use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard character to represent a series of characters.
If you enable this setting, the sync app doesn't upload new files that match the keywords you specified. No errors appear for the skipped files, and the files remain in the local OneDrive folder. The OneDrive sync app must be restarted after this setting is enabled for the setting to take effect.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the sync app uploads all supported files in all synced folders.
To specify keywords, select "Show," and then enter the keywords in the Value field.
For example, enter "*.pst" to block all files with the .pst extension. Enter "expense*" to block files that have names beginning with "expense". Enter "*sales*" to block all files that have "sales" in their name. Keywords aren't case sensitive. For example, if you enter "icons.JPEG," it will also block "icons.jpeg."
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive\EnableODIgnoreListFromGPO |
| Value Name | {number} |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value |
onedrive.admx
- OneDrive
- Allow OneDrive to disable Windows permission inheritance in folders synced read-only
- Allow syncing OneDrive accounts for only specific organizations
- Always use the user's Windows display language when provisioning known folders in OneDrive
- Block file downloads when users are low on disk space
- Block syncing OneDrive accounts for specific organizations
- Cause sync client to ignore normal web proxy detection logic
- Configure team site libraries to sync automatically
- Convert synced team site files to online-only files
- Enable automatic upload bandwidth management for OneDrive
- Exclude specific kinds of files from being uploaded
- Hide the "Deleted files are removed everywhere" reminder
- Limit the sync app upload rate to a percentage of throughput
- Prevent the sync app from generating network traffic until users sign in
- Prevent users from moving their Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Prevent users from redirecting their Windows known folders to their PC
- Prevent users from syncing libraries and folders shared from other organizations
- Prompt users to move Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Prompt users when they delete multiple OneDrive files on their local computer
- Require users to confirm large delete operations
- Set the maximum size of a user's OneDrive that can download automatically
- Set the sync app update ring
- Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Silently sign in users to the OneDrive sync app with their Windows credentials
- Use OneDrive Files On-Demand
- Warn users who are low on disk space
- OneDrive
- Allow users to choose how to handle Office file sync conflicts
- Always use the user's Windows display language when provisioning known folders in OneDrive
- Coauthor and share in Office desktop apps
- Configure team site libraries to sync automatically
- Continue syncing on metered networks
- Continue syncing when devices have battery saver mode turned on
- Disable the tutorial that appears at the end of OneDrive Setup
- Limit the sync app download speed to a fixed rate
- Limit the sync app upload speed to a fixed rate
- Prevent users from changing the location of their OneDrive folder
- Prevent users from syncing personal OneDrive accounts
- Set the default location for the OneDrive folder