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description: Set up exclusion rules to customize and optimize your backup strategy. These rules define which Salesforce objects to exclude from backups, minimizing backup time and ensuring that backups only include essential data. Also use these rules to exclude data from your backup to conform with data security policies.
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# Exclude Objects from Backups

Set up exclusion rules to customize and optimize your backup strategy. These rules define which Salesforce objects to exclude from backups, minimizing backup time and ensuring that backups only include essential data. Also use these rules to exclude data from your backup to conform with data security policies.

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1. In Salesforce Backup & Recover Next, click the **Settings** tab.
2. From the navigation bar on the left, click **Backup Exclusions**.
3. Click **Add Rule**.
4. From the Type dropdown, select **Object**.
5. Search for the object in the Name field.
6. Select a reason for the exclusion.
7. Click **Add**.

The selected object is added to the Backup Exclusion list.