# Omit files during build?

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/omit-files-during-build/2792>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [February 27, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/omit-files-during-build/2792 "2016-02-27T17:58:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mrsmith](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/mrsmith)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/omit-files-during-build/2792/1 "2016-02-27T17:58:26Z")

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Does `hugo` provide a config setting to skip certain files when building?

For instance, I have some files in /static/ that I don’t want in the generated output when I run `hugo build`.

Otherwise, I’ll have to run a custom task after the build to remove the files, which is fine, but I thought I’d ask if there is a built-in way first.

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**Author:** ![digitalcraftsman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/digitalcraftsman/32/4142_2.png) [@digitalcraftsman](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/digitalcraftsman)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/omit-files-during-build/2792/2 "2016-02-27T18:24:47Z")

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Take a look at [`ignoreFiles`](http://gohugo.io/overview/configuration/#ignore-files-on-build) parameter for the config.

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**Author:** ![mrsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mrsmith](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/mrsmith)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/omit-files-during-build/2792/3 "2016-02-27T18:33:14Z")

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I just tried that, but the files are not ignored in /static/css/ for example.

I found this [issue](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/1559) that is still open.

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**Author:** ![digitalcraftsman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/digitalcraftsman/32/4142_2.png) [@digitalcraftsman](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/digitalcraftsman)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/omit-files-during-build/2792/4 "2016-02-27T18:37:19Z")

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That would explain this behavior. A fix seems to be merged in the latest developer version. If you’re able to compile the dev version of Hugo yourself you could try it this way.

> <https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/pull/1741>

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**Author:** ![bep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/bep/32/3332_2.png) [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/omit-files-during-build/2792/5 "2016-02-27T18:40:34Z")

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IgnoreFiles currently only work for /content.