If Gemini’s Duplicates Monitor shows a file that you need, you can exclude it from the list of found duplicates and add it to the app’s ignore list.
Hide a valuable copy from Gemini 2
- If you just get a pop-up notification, click Add to Ignore List.
- Otherwise, open Duplicates Monitor, click ⋮ next to the file you'd like to hide from Gemini, and choose Add to Ignore List.

Update Monitor’s ignore list
- Open Duplicates Monitor, click on the gear icon in the lower-left corner, and go to Preferences > Ignore List tab.
- Use (+) to hide more files from Gemini’s scanner and (-) to make files visible again.
