# \[Help!\] How can I exclude any folder anywhere where the name contains 'xyz'
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/help-how-can-i-exclude-any-folder-anywhere-where-the-name-contains-xyz/11422
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 25, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/help-how-can-i-exclude-any-folder-anywhere-where-the-name-contains-xyz/11422 "2018-03-25T15:32:47Z")
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### Author:  [@ManasN](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/ManasN)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/help-how-can-i-exclude-any-folder-anywhere-where-the-name-contains-xyz/11422/1 "2018-03-25T15:32:47Z")
I am syncing several projects which have these obnoxious ‘sessions’ folder in them. There are many such projects and location of this ‘sessions’ folder varies.
How can I tell Syncthing via exclude that “please ignore all folders named ‘sessions’ regardless of where they fall into my Sync folder” ?
thanks.
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### Author:  [@kluppy](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/kluppy)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/help-how-can-i-exclude-any-folder-anywhere-where-the-name-contains-xyz/11422/2 "2018-03-25T15:41:15Z")
`**/xyz` should do it. [https://docs.syncthing.net/users/ignoring.html](https://docs.syncthing.net/users/ignoring.html)
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### Author:  [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/help-how-can-i-exclude-any-folder-anywhere-where-the-name-contains-xyz/11422/3 "2018-03-25T15:55:20Z")
Just
`sessions`
should do.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/help-how-can-i-exclude-any-folder-anywhere-where-the-name-contains-xyz/11422/4 "2018-04-24T15:55:28Z")
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