Notepad++ excluding find filters

Question

In Notepad++ I want to search in all file types except one.

For instance: I want to search in all files but not .class files.

Can the Notepad++ filter can be configured to work this way?

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '22 at 12:40

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Note, as of December 5th, 2019, Notepad++ 7.8.2 now supports exclude filters. The help documentation describes exclude filters in the Find in Files tab section.

For example to exclude exe, zip and jar files, your 'find in files' filter will look like this;

*.* !*.exe !*.zip !*.jar

Relevant code change here.

edited Apr 13 '22 at 12:40

Gary Barrett

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answered Dec 20 '19 at 02:08

n00b

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

Doesn't look like it can be easily configured to work this way. Here are a couple of options for you

Use the filters dialog box to include all file extensions except the one you don't want (could get a bit long): Notepad++ Find in Files Filters
Figure out how to use some code to write a plugin that will do it for you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2188070/notepad-file-filters

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '18 at 08:27

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her is a tip that can help :
you hide the folder that you want to exclude and then uncheck the In hidden folders in notepad so that it doesn't search in hidden folders:

answered Jul 10 '18 at 08:27

aName

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Notepad++ excluding find filters

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