# How do I exclude one specific item from synchronization?

To exclude a specific item, you should create a rule to exclude it. What kind of rule you use depends on the specific nature of your directories:

- If there is only one item with that name in your entire directory structure, just use the "Filename" attribute.
- If there is more than one item with that name, and you only want to exclude this specific item, use the "Relative Path" attribute

Click here for more information about these and the other criterion attributes.

Learn more about rules.