Would be useful in some cases to be able to have Obsidian ignore specified files/directories, optionally at different scopes too. for example I use Obsidian to manage content on a Jekyll-generated website. This means that in my Vault I have all the templates, assets, plugins, includes as well as t…

This will be implemented in 0.14.6+. https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-release-v0-14-6-insider-build/35640

+1 here. I have an “archived” folder I really need this feature for. thanks!

+1 I also have this problem. I dont want the contents of my “ARCHIVE” folder to show up in the quick switcher.

The lack of this feature really hurts the possible functionality of using other tools like Logseq in my vault. Sometimes an outliner first approach is nice but pointing Logseq at my vault crests a bunch of junk I never want Obsidian to touch. Templates, dataview and metadata files would all benefit …

+1. For those who use Obsidian in tangent with NotePlan3, the ‘Backup’ folder NotePlan creates of full-copies of your notes clutters the search and switch experience with duplicates, rendering the experience unviable.

Awesome! Thank you :two_hearts:

Config to ignore/hide select files and folders

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Ignore attachments for link completion

Ignore/exclude completely files or a folder from all obsidian indexers and parsers