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Filters and masks

You can hide files in a view by applying a filter or mask:

You can apply a mask from the Display tab. You can use a mask amongst others to quickly check if a new filter that you are creating behaves as intended.

From a view with a mask you can use the "Rescan with mask as filter" option from the toolbar to create a new window with the mask used as filter. You can also use the Filter command from the "Window" menu to apply a filter to an existing view. It is similar except that it does not rescan your disk and lets you select a different filter if you want.

Use the Filtered scan command from the "File" menu if you want to apply a filter when scanning new data. A filter used this way can greatly speed up scans by skipping folders that you are not interested in.

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