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# isExcludedFromBackup

True if resource should be excluded from backups, false otherwise.

```
var isExcludedFromBackup: Bool? { get set }
```

## Discussion

This property is only useful for excluding cache and other application support files which are not needed in a backup. Some operations commonly made to user documents will cause this property to be reset to false and so this property should not be used on user documents.

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