# Ignore file for excluding files/folder from syncing in addition to manually selecting them
**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/ignore-file-for-excluding-files-folder-from-syncing-in-addition-to-manually-selecting-them/2651
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [November 1, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ignore-file-for-excluding-files-folder-from-syncing-in-addition-to-manually-selecting-them/2651 "2023-11-01T10:13:19Z")
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### Author:  [@sander](https://community.kinsta.com/u/sander)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ignore-file-for-excluding-files-folder-from-syncing-in-addition-to-manually-selecting-them/2651/1 "2023-11-01T10:13:19Z")
It would be nice if there was a way to manage a list of files and folders that we **never** want to sync (especially push) to Kinsta. I know about the option to manually deselect files and folders that I want to exclude, which is nice, but also a bit tedious for some files and folders that should never be pushed. A good example for that is the `.node_modules` folder.
It would be awesome if we could optionally include a `.kinstaignore` file, where we could manage a list of exclusions, much like a `.gitignore` file. That is something we could keep in a git repo, so all of our developers exclude the same files and folders when pushing.
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### Author:  [@Alessandro](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Alessandro)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ignore-file-for-excluding-files-folder-from-syncing-in-addition-to-manually-selecting-them/2651/2 "2023-11-01T11:33:44Z")
Hey @sander welcome to Kinsta Community!
Thank you for your feedback, I do see how having a .kinstaignore file would be handy in specific scenarios.
I’ve just passed your idea as a feature request to our developers, hopefully it will be implemented some day 🤞
Thanks again 👍
Regards,
Alessandro