Can I include or exclude certain types of files or links from being processed?

Can I include or exclude certain types of files or links from being processed?

Can I Include or Exclude Certain Types of Files or Links from Being Processed?

Modified on: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 3:55 PM

Yes. LinkFixer Advanced allows you to define custom filtering rules to include or exclude specific files or links during processing. A variety of filtering options are available to help you precisely control what is processed.

File Filtering

You can limit processing to specific file types by using the “Process files matching specific file extensions and wildcards” option. This allows you to select which files should be processed based on their extensions (for example: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx).

This is useful when you only need to process certain types of documents rather than scanning every supported file type.



You can also control which links are processed by selecting the “Process links using expert filter rules” option. This allows you to define advanced criteria to include or exclude links during processing.



Available Filtering Criteria

Using these custom filtering rules, you can include or exclude files or links based on a variety of attributes, including:
  1. Drive
  2. Folder
  3. File basename
  4. File extension
  5. Last modified date
  6. URL scheme (for example, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP)
  7. Domain name
These filters allow you to focus processing only on the files and links that are relevant to your task.

Using an Exclusion List

You can also exclude specific files by creating an XLSX or CSV exclusion list containing the file paths you want to skip during processing.




These file paths can be obtained from the LinkFixer Advanced CSV reports generated during previous scans.



Once added, the listed files will be excluded from processing.