# 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) resticVSS\hiberfil.sys resticVSS\pagefile.sys resticVSS\swapfile.sys resticVSS\$Recycle.Bin resticVSS\autoexec.bat resticVSS\Config.Msi resticVSS\Documents and Settings resticVSS\Recycled resticVSS\Recycler resticVSS\System Volume Information resticVSS\Recovery resticVSS\Program Files resticVSS\Program Files (x86) resticVSS\ProgramData resticVSS\PerfLogs resticVSS\Windows resticVSS\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 # misc. temporary files Temporary Internet Files Thumbs.db AppData\Local\Temp Users\Public\AccountPictures