# Deployment: Excluded Paths Tab

Use this tab to configure a list of local and remote folders that you do not want to sync. If you want to exclude files and folders using patterns (for example, all files with a specific extension), use the Exclude items by name field on the [Options](settings-deployment-options.html)  page of the deployment settings section.

|  ![Add item](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.add.svg) Add `Alt+Insert` (Windows), `⌘ N` (macOS), `⌃ N` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ N` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+Insert` (XWin), `Alt+Insert` (GNOME), `Alt+Insert` (KDE), `Alt+Insert` (Emacs), `Ctrl+N` (Sublime Text), `⌘ N` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Alt+Insert` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+N` (Visual Studio), `⌘ N` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Alt+Insert` (Eclipse), `⌘ N` (Eclipse (macOS))  |    Add an exclusion to the list and select the type of the path from the popup menu:                        * Local path: the absolute path to a folder on the local system that you don't want to be synced over to the remote.    * Deployment path: the absolute path to the folder on the remote system that you don't want to be synced to the local system.                       Click ![the Browse button](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.open.svg) and choose the path to the required folder in the dialog that opens.     |
|  ![Remove item](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.remove.svg) Remove `Alt+Delete` (Windows), `⌘ ⌦` (macOS), `⌘ ⌦` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ ⌦` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+Delete` (XWin), `Alt+Delete` (GNOME), `Alt+Delete` (KDE), `Alt+Delete` (Emacs), `Alt+Delete` (Sublime Text), `⌘ ⌦` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Alt+Delete` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+R, D` (Visual Studio), `⌘ R, D` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Alt+Delete` (Eclipse), `Alt+Delete` (Eclipse (macOS))  | Remove the selected exclusion from the list. |

## See also

### Language and Framework-Specific Guidelines

[Exclude files and folders from uploading and downloading](excluding-files-and-folders-from-deployment.html) [Deployment](deploying-applications.html)

### Reference

[Deployment](settings-deployment.html)