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title: "Which Directories Should My Antivirus and Backup Utilities Ignore?"
slug: "keep-directories-antivirus-and-backup-utilities-ignore"
description: "The Lasernet Keep directories that antivirus and backup utilities should ignore."
tags: ["Antivirus", "Archive", "Backup", "Lasernet Keep"]
updated: 2026-03-16T14:31:43Z
published: 2026-03-16T14:31:43Z
canonical: "kb.lasernetgroup.com/keep-directories-antivirus-and-backup-utilities-ignore"
---

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# Which Directories Should My Antivirus and Backup Utilities Ignore?

Keep uses utilities to write data to and read data from the document archive. To avoid interruptions to the operation of Keep caused by locked files, antivirus scans and backups must ignore the archive and related directories.

You can find the archive directory paths you need to exclude using the Keep web application.

1. Log in to Keep as an administrator.
2. Click **Settings** in the admin menu, then click **Server Settings**.

![Where to find Keep system settings](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/system%20settings%20admin.png)
3. On the **Archive Paths** tab, in the **Available Archive Paths** area, copy and exclude the paths to any archive directories you are using, for example, paths to the main archive or chunks directories (see 1 in the image below). Your archive directory paths may vary from the default paths shown.

![Archive paths location in server settings](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/archive paths server settings(2).png)