# Exclude file types/extensions with Agent Policy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-file-types-extensions-with-agent-policy/321326>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-file-types-extensions-with-agent-policy/321326 "2022-12-15T15:56:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmminear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cmminear/32/114762_2.png) [@cmminear](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cmminear)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-file-types-extensions-with-agent-policy/321326/1 "2022-12-15T15:56:31Z")

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I am trying to recusively include a bunch of folders for logs but exclude a few extensions/file types and missing any documentation specific for the agents to do this.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/a/6ad84c9428cda57464c972623aa66859882cdb84.png)  
I want to get all logs in all folder from /cgilogs but to exclude .dat and .xml files. Any easy way to do this that I am missing?

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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:** [January 12, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-file-types-extensions-with-agent-policy/321326/2 "2023-01-12T15:57:30Z")

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