Hi. I haven’t used this feature in a while so not sure what’s going on. I did make sure that the file is properly set up (ie “.plexignore” as the file name.
I have nothing actually in the file but it is placed at the root of the folder I want to exclude. Anyone else using this and works for you?
Have you read the support page on .plexignore ?
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201375253-Excluding-New-Content-with-plexignore
Yep…
File name…
When scanning in new content for your libraries, you can tell the scanner to ignore files or patterns by adding a .plexignore file to any folder in your Library’s content location. “.plexignore” is the exact name of the file to use; nothing more and nothing less (e.g. it does not have a separate file extension).
Root folder…
If you add the “.plexignore” file to the root (top-level) folder in the content location, the ignore rules will apply to all sub-folders.
What it does fail to mention…
Adding “*” to the file will exclude the folder
I figured I’d give that a try as a wildcard filter but really the guide should just mention that
@andy_d0 said:
Yep…File name…
When scanning in new content for your libraries, you can tell the scanner to ignore files or patterns by adding a .plexignore file to any folder in your Library’s content location. “.plexignore” is the exact name of the file to use; nothing more and nothing less (e.g. it does not have a separate file extension).
Root folder…
If you add the “.plexignore” file to the root (top-level) folder in the content location, the ignore rules will apply to all sub-folders.
and below that it reads
Add one pattern per line for things you'd like to ignore
which means the .plexignore file can not be empty
