# Can't exclude particular files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-exclude-particular-files/224640>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-exclude-particular-files/224640 "2020-03-23T10:00:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AdamJade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cab0a1/32.png) [@AdamJade](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AdamJade)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-exclude-particular-files/224640/1 "2020-03-23T10:00:22Z")

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Hi there,  
i'm not able to exclude files with names like:  
NAg\_ALL\_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\_TTT\_SSSSSS.Batch.exe.log  
14a8002e-0c20-40f3-a7bc-2800985dc684NAg\_ALL\_DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD\_EEEEE.TTTTTTT.exe.log

with this  
exclude\_files: `['^NAg_ALL_\.log$']`  
the NAg\_ALL\_ files have not to be shipped with file beat.

Thanks for any help

Adam

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**Author:** ![AdamJade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cab0a1/32.png) [@AdamJade](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AdamJade)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-exclude-particular-files/224640/2 "2020-03-23T10:56:44Z")

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I did  
exclude\_files: ['NAg\_ALL\_'] and it works

Thanks anyway  
Adam

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-exclude-particular-files/224640/3 "2020-04-20T10:56:55Z")

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