Manage which pages in your website will be excluded from auditing. Adding exclusion rules may impact your accessibility score and the issue count in future audits.

When you exclude a path, all pages under that path are removed from audits and won’t be scanned.

If you still need a specific page from an excluded path to be scanned, you can add it manually. Manually added pages are always included in audits, even if they match an exclusion rule. 

To add exclusion rules

1. Go to Settings > Audit path management

   

2. Select Add exclusion rule.

   

3. Enter an exclusion rule name (optional). For example, Exclude blog pages
4. Set the exclusion condition using one of the following:
   • Web path - Select a condition:
     • is
     • is not
     • contains
     • does not contain
     • matches
     • does not match.
       Then enter a path. 
       Example: Where Web path is /blog excludes all pages under the path /blog
   • Query parameter - Select a condition:
     • is
     • is not
     • contains
     • does not contain
     • matches
     • does not match.
       Then enter a value. 
       Example: Where Query parameter matches source=news**
5. (Optional) Add more conditions. Select Add exclusion rule, then choose OR or AND to connect them.
6. Select Run Exclusion Check to preview which pages will be excluded (available after your initial audit).
   • The previews shows the pages that will be excluded. 
   • New pages matching the rules won’t be listed as they’ll be automatically excluded from the audit.
7. Select Apply Exclusion.

Once applied, pages matching these rules are excluded from future audits and removed from accessFlow.

Condition types explained

• is: Include only results that exactly match the specified value.
• is not: Exclude results that exactly match the specified value (case sensitive).
• contains: Include results that include the specified value anywhere within the field.
• does not contain: Exclude results that include the specified value anywhere within the field.
• matches: Search dynamic URL paths that match a specific pattern using wildcards.
• does not match: Exclude results that match a specific pattern using wildcards.

Use wildcard to define flexible patterns.

URLs are case-sensitive.