# How can I exclude specific file types from the standalone viewer?
**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/how-can-i-exclude-specific-file-types-from-the-standalone-viewer/60668
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [October 10, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/how-can-i-exclude-specific-file-types-from-the-standalone-viewer/60668 "2026-10-10T13:48:03Z")
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### Author:  [@ousumu](https://resource.dopus.com/u/ousumu)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/how-can-i-exclude-specific-file-types-from-the-standalone-viewer/60668/1 "2026-10-10T13:48:03Z")
Directory Opus lets me exclude specific file types from the Viewer Pane. Is there a way to apply the same exclusions to the standalone viewer?
The standalone viewer is launched with the Show VIEWERCMD=listerlink command.
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### Author:  [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/how-can-i-exclude-specific-file-types-from-the-standalone-viewer/60668/2 "2026-10-10T16:02:39Z")
Which formats do you want to disable?
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### Author:  [@ousumu](https://resource.dopus.com/u/ousumu)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 5:23am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/how-can-i-exclude-specific-file-types-from-the-standalone-viewer/60668/3 "2026-10-12T05:23:20Z")
I'd like to exclude all file formats except images and videos for now, so the standalone viewer only opens image and video files. I may want to adjust the exclusions dynamically in the future as my needs change.
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### Author:  [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/how-can-i-exclude-specific-file-types-from-the-standalone-viewer/60668/4 "2026-10-12T10:50:43Z")
The easiest way to do that is to turn off all the viewer plugins which handle the unwanted formats.
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### Author:  [@ousumu](https://resource.dopus.com/u/ousumu)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/how-can-i-exclude-specific-file-types-from-the-standalone-viewer/60668/5 "2026-10-12T12:37:49Z")
but disabling the plugins would also mean losing metadata collection and could cause other issues. I'd prefer not to go that route. That's why I was hoping there might be a way to apply the existing file type exclusions to the standalone viewer instead.
It would be great to have an optional setting to apply the Viewer Pane's file type exclusions to the standalone viewer. That would be all I need.