# Ignore files older/younger than date **URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-files-older-younger-than-date/19270 **Category:** Support **Created:** [November 7, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-files-older-younger-than-date/19270 "2022-11-07T13:47:11Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/calmh/32/15311_2.png) [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh) #### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-files-older-younger-than-date/19270/6 "2022-11-07T14:04:11Z")
> [@date/age ignore pattern](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/date-age-ignore-pattern/13042): > > Hi Syncthing gurus! Thanks for making such a great product! As a power user who frequently uses an /Archive\* subfolder in my ignore patterns to store older files/folder that I wish not to sync to the clients any longer. Would it be possible to have a date-based ignore pattern? This could be defined similar to a -mtime or -atime or -ctime in a unix find command. It could be a tag on a specific sub-folder/path. A global filter for all members in the folder: -mtime +30d For a specific sub-fol… > [@Filter files by properties like size, age etc.](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/filter-files-by-properties-like-size-age-etc/2362): > > Continuing the discussion from [Excluding files from synchronization (ignoring)](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/excluding-files-from-synchronization-ignoring/80/24): > [@Feature requests: symlinks, include list, more filter options](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/feature-requests-symlinks-include-list-more-filter-options/17808): > > I’d like to make three suggestions for inprovements: 1. Symlinks: I know that following symlinks can be a security risk, but on the other hand, it would be a great relief in many cases. E.g., if there’s a directory containing 100 sub-dirs, of which you need to sync just 10 directories. You can, of course, create 10 pairs of dirs to be synched. This will work, of course, but it any of those 10 dirs needs to be swapped by another, you will have to delete one synched pair and create another one. … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-files-older-younger-than-date/19270)._