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+# Ignoring Files
+
+This document provides an overview of the Qwen Ignore (`.qwenignore`) feature of Qwen Code.
+
+Qwen Code includes the ability to automatically ignore files, similar to `.gitignore` (used by Git). Adding paths to your `.qwenignore` file will exclude them from tools that support this feature, although they will still be visible to other services (such as Git).
+
+## How it works
+
+When you add a path to your `.qwenignore` file, tools that respect this file will exclude matching files and directories from their operations. For example, when you use the [`read_many_files`](/developers/tools/multi-file) command, any paths in your `.qwenignore` file will be automatically excluded.
+
+For the most part, `.qwenignore` follows the conventions of `.gitignore` files:
+
+- Blank lines and lines starting with `#` are ignored.
+- Standard glob patterns are supported (such as `*`, `?`, and `[]`).
+- Putting a `/` at the end will only match directories.
+- Putting a `/` at the beginning anchors the path relative to the `.qwenignore` file.
+- `!` negates a pattern.
+
+You can update your `.qwenignore` file at any time. To apply the changes, you must restart your Qwen Code session.
+
+## How to use `.qwenignore`
+
+| Step                   | Description                                                                            |
+| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Enable .qwenignore** | Create a file named `.qwenignore` in your project root directory                       |
+| **Add ignore rules**   | Open `.qwenignore` file and add paths to ignore, example: `/archive/` or `apikeys.txt` |
+
+### `.qwenignore` examples
+
+You can use `.qwenignore` to ignore directories and files:
+
+```
+# Exclude your /packages/ directory and all subdirectories
+/packages/
+
+# Exclude your apikeys.txt file
+apikeys.txt
+```
+
+You can use wildcards in your `.qwenignore` file with `*`:
+
+```
+# Exclude all .md files
+*.md
+```
+
+Finally, you can exclude files and directories from exclusion with `!`:
+
+```
+# Exclude all .md files except README.md
+*.md
+!README.md
+```
+
+To remove paths from your `.qwenignore` file, delete the relevant lines.