I am syncing files from my MBA to my Mac Studio at home. Te whole folder is being synced despite having files set to be ignored.
Any idea why this would be?
TIA
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Please post screenshots of the ignore patterns as displayed in the Web GUI.
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Do your file names contain spaces?
Yes they do
Looks reasonable to me, should work if that’s what the files/directories are named.
It is what they are named. But the whole folder including those files in the ignore list are also synced
If the files are not at the root you might need **/ prefix to signify a match in any directory. (Can’t recall for sure).
Also if the files got synced before you ignored them, it wouldn’t delete them if you ignored them later.
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The **/ prefix is indeed reduntant (and to match just in the root, the / prefix would be needed) 
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I also suspect though that the problem may be about files that have already been synced, and Syncthing does not delete those automatically.
@KickingUpDust I would suggest to just test with a new, temporary folder. Basically, add a bunch of the problematic files to it, then try adding the names to the ignore patterns. If the folder’s local state shrinks after doing so, it means that the patterns are working.
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