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I would like to request folder exclusion patterns in TerraSync.

As a software developer, I often synchronize project folders between my computers and TNAS devices. Many development projects contain directories that should not be synchronized, such as:

* .git
* node_modules
* build
* dist
* .gradle
* .idea
* Pods
* vendor

These folders can be very large, contain temporary/generated files, or are automatically recreated when needed. Synchronizing them consumes unnecessary storage, bandwidth, and synchronization time.

It would be extremely useful if TerraSync could provide Folder exclusion rules when creating a sync task.

Thank you for the detailed feedback.

We want to let you know that this feature is already on our radar and has been passed to our product team for preliminary planning. We will be assessing the implementation paths in our future development cycles to see how we can best bring this option to TerraSync.

Stay tuned, and thanks again for helping us shape the product!

I really understand what people are worried about when they talk about folder exclusion in TerraSync. I remember losing important data because my automatic backups didn't get rid of temporary files properly. The little things that you change can often make a big difference! This thread shows how important it is for users to have full control over what gets backed up.

jawaszakaria wrote: ↑19 Jun 2026, 05:00

Thank you for your feedback! If I understand correctly, you're looking for a "Selective Sync" feature. When creating a sync task, after selecting the sync folder, you would like to choose which subfolders should be synchronized and which should be excluded, instead of syncing the entire folder by default. Is that correct?

Thank you for the detailed feedback and the excellent use case breakdown. Just to make sure I've understood correctly — you're asking for folder exclusion rules (pattern-based), not simply manually selecting folders per sync task. In other words, you'd define rules like "exclude all node_modules", "exclude all .git", and TerraSync would apply them automatically across all sync tasks without you having to configure each one individually.