Search filter for download dialog #13753

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opened 2026-02-22 00:17:33 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-22 00:17:33 -05:00

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Originally created by @masterofobzene on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022).

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Just an idea because it happened to me a couple of times and had to download files I didn't want.

Big torrents may have unnecesary files for the user. Right now, qbittorrent lets us decide what to download when opening a torrent or magnet. In this dialog you can check entire folders or files. Sometimes you need to filter a lot of files inside a lot of folders to not waste so much bandwidth (I've reduced 20GB download to 10GB once).

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Sometimes the files inside a folder are not all necessary, for example in a photo collection you may not want .PSD files which are reduntant in some specific cases and are very heavy. Imagine having to remove the tick to 200+ files one per folder (and the folder has lots of useful files too) and you should get the idea.

A nice small searchbox like the windows explorer should be more than enough. Somewhere you could for example search for all *.psd from the example above and be able to untick them in one move.

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Originally created by @masterofobzene on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022). ### Suggestion Just an idea because it happened to me a couple of times and had to download files I didn't want. Big torrents may have unnecesary files for the user. Right now, qbittorrent lets us decide what to download when opening a torrent or magnet. In this dialog you can check entire folders or files. Sometimes you need to filter a lot of files inside a lot of folders to not waste so much bandwidth (I've reduced 20GB download to 10GB once). ### Use case Sometimes the files inside a folder are not all necessary, for example in a photo collection you may not want .PSD files which are reduntant in some specific cases and are very heavy. Imagine having to remove the tick to 200+ files one per folder (and the folder has lots of useful files too) and you should get the idea. A nice small searchbox like the windows explorer should be more than enough. Somewhere you could for example search for all *.psd from the example above and be able to untick them in one move. ### Extra info/examples/attachments _No response_

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2026-02-22 00:17:45 -05:00

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@xavier2k6 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):

@masterofobzene you seem to be suggesting an exclusion/blacklist option.....

This is already available under Options->Downloads.....
scroll down to the end & check/enable Excluded file names
type *.psd (to use your example) in the box below that.

@xavier2k6 commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022): @masterofobzene you seem to be suggesting an exclusion/blacklist option..... This is already available under Options->Downloads..... scroll down to the end & check/enable `Excluded file names` type `*.psd` (to use your example) in the box below that. <img width="747" alt="exclusion" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/42386382/186497114-cf25b5e7-908a-4bbb-a6d8-1a061ca83e75.png">

deekerman commented

2026-02-22 00:17:45 -05:00

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@masterofobzene commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):

Not exactly that. I would like to be able to remove files from download list not blacklist specific filetypes or names for all downloads. I may want to download the .psd from my example above from time to time.
My example is not a job that I do everyday so the search/filter I'm asking for is dynamic and can only be made by the user before downloading the torrent.

The idea is to make it interactive for users, so they can easily remove files easily and not configure a "hard filter" that may lead to some troubles if you forget to change it in the settings or cause that you have to modify it for each download.

But the option you say is good as a workaround in the mean time.

SIDE NOTE: what version are you using?... I have different icons and that option is not available to me... using 4.4.4

@masterofobzene commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022): Not exactly that. I would like to be able to remove files from download list not blacklist specific filetypes or names for all downloads. I may want to download the .psd from my example above from time to time. My example is not a job that I do everyday so the search/filter I'm asking for is dynamic and can only be made by the user before downloading the torrent. The idea is to make it interactive for users, so they can easily remove files easily and not configure a "hard filter" that may lead to some troubles if you forget to change it in the settings or cause that you have to modify it for each download. But the option you say is good as a workaround in the mean time. SIDE NOTE: what version are you using?... I have different icons and that option is not available to me... using 4.4.4 ![imagen](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/94469116/186521893-3b35b8f3-d1e9-4eb7-8321-e448f1e5e42e.png)

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@thalieht commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022):

A search filter is coming to new torrent dialog in 4.5.0 but just like in content tab, you won't be able to do what you ask with "Select None" or any other way, so duplicate of #6569

SIDE NOTE: what version are you using?... I have different icons and that option is not available to me... using 4.4.4

That too is coming in 4.5.0.

@thalieht commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2022): A search filter is coming to new torrent dialog in 4.5.0 but just like in content tab, you won't be able to do what you ask with "Select None" or any other way, so duplicate of #6569 >SIDE NOTE: what version are you using?... I have different icons and that option is not available to me... using 4.4.4 That too is coming in 4.5.0.