BRC - Default Windows Excluded Files

Written By Tami Sutcliffe (Super Administrator)

Updated at September 18th, 2025

Some files are always excluded in backup jobs for devices running the Windows operating system.

(There are no automatic exclusions for other operating systems.)

Default Windows excluded files include:

Axcient-specific files

/axcient
/Axcient

Pagefile and Hybernate files

/hiberfil.sys
/pagefile.sys

System volume information files

/System Volume Information
/SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION

Recycle Bin files

/recycled
/RECYCLED
/RECYCLER
/Recycle.Bin
/RECYCLE.BIN
/$RECYCLE.BIN
/$Recycle.Bin
/recycler

Client-side caching files

/Windows/csc
/Windows/CSC
/WINDOWS/csc
/WINDOWS/CSC

Virtualization caching files

/.vdiskcache