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Manage Files

Control which metadata files show up in deploy and retrieve selectors, so noisy or irrelevant components stay out of the way.

Updated August 22, 2026 · 1 min read

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Manage Files controls which metadata components appear in deploy and retrieve file selectors across a project. Ignored files stop showing up entirely, so noisy auto-generated or irrelevant components stop cluttering every selection.

Manage Files with Active Files and Ignored Files counts, a searchable metadata-type tree, and an Ignore Selected action

Active vs ignored files

Open Project Settings Manage Files with the "Try it in Serpent" button above, then:

  1. Browse by metadata type

    Files are grouped by type - Apex Class, Flow, Lightning Web Component, and more - and searchable by name.

  2. Ignore what you do not need

    Select files and click Ignore Selected. Switch to the Ignored Files tab any time to bring one back.

Apply to open work items

A change here can update every open Work Item's file selectors at once, or you can link it to specific Work Items only, so in-progress selections stay exactly as they were.