diff --git a/src/common/filesystem/paths.js b/src/common/filesystem/paths.js
index 111b5a0b..c3a0d3f2 100644
--- a/src/common/filesystem/paths.js
+++ b/src/common/filesystem/paths.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import { isFile, isFile2, isSymbolicLink } from './index'
+import minimatch from 'minimatch'
 
 const isOsx = process.platform === 'darwin'
 
@@ -120,3 +121,19 @@ export const getResourcesPath = () => {
   }
   return resPath
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the pathname matches one of the exclude patterns.
+ *
+ * @param {string} pathname Path of file or directory
+ * @param {string} patterns Glob expressions
+ */
+export const checkPathExcludePattern = (pathname, patterns) => {
+  if (!pathname || typeof pathname !== 'string') return false
+  for (const pattern of patterns) {
+    if (minimatch(pathname, pattern, { matchBase: true })) {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+  return false
+}
diff --git a/src/main/filesystem/watcher.js b/src/main/filesystem/watcher.js
index b76ebe28..7789865a 100644
--- a/src/main/filesystem/watcher.js
+++ b/src/main/filesystem/watcher.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fsPromises from 'fs/promises'
 import log from 'electron-log'
 import chokidar from 'chokidar'
 import { exists } from 'common/filesystem'
-import { hasMarkdownExtension } from 'common/filesystem/paths'
+import { hasMarkdownExtension, checkPathExcludePattern } from 'common/filesystem/paths'
 import { getUniqueId } from '../utils'
 import { loadMarkdownFile } from '../filesystem/markdown'
 import { isLinux, isOsx } from '../config'
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ class Watcher {
         if (/(?:^|[/\\])(?:\..|node_modules|(?:.+\.asar))/.test(pathname)) {
           return true
         }
+
+        if (checkPathExcludePattern(pathname, this._preferences.getItem('treePathExcludePatterns'))) {
+          return true
+        }
         if (fileInfo.isDirectory()) {
           return false
         }
diff --git a/src/renderer/prefComponents/general/index.vue b/src/renderer/prefComponents/general/index.vue
index 501c3150..7dd1c479 100644
--- a/src/renderer/prefComponents/general/index.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/prefComponents/general/index.vue
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@
           :onChange="value => onSelectChange('wordWrapInToc', value)"
         ></bool>
 
+        <text-box description='Patterns to exclude directorys or files'
+                  notes='Glob Patterns, Use "," to separate multiple pattern. Requires restart.'
+                  :input="projectPaths"
+                  :defaultValue="treePathExcludePatterns"
+                  :onChange="value => onSelectChange('treePathExcludePatterns',  value.split(','))"
+                  more="https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch"
+        ></text-box>
+
         <!-- TODO: The description is very bad and the entry isn't used by the editor. -->
         <cur-select
           description="Sort field for files in open folders"
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ import Range from '../common/range'
 import CurSelect from '../common/select'
 import Bool from '../common/bool'
 import Separator from '../common/separator'
+import textBox from '../common/textBox'
 import { isOsx } from '@/util'
 
 import {
@@ -140,7 +149,8 @@ export default {
     Bool,
     Range,
     CurSelect,
-    Separator
+    Separator,
+    textBox
   },
   data () {
     this.titleBarStyleOptions = titleBarStyleOptions
@@ -158,6 +168,7 @@ export default {
       defaultDirectoryToOpen: state => state.preferences.defaultDirectoryToOpen,
       openFilesInNewWindow: state => state.preferences.openFilesInNewWindow,
       openFolderInNewWindow: state => state.preferences.openFolderInNewWindow,
+      projectPaths: state => state.preferences.treePathExcludePatterns,
       zoom: state => state.preferences.zoom,
       hideScrollbar: state => state.preferences.hideScrollbar,
       wordWrapInToc: state => state.preferences.wordWrapInToc,
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/preferences.js b/src/renderer/store/preferences.js
index 76a66009..ba28efeb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/preferences.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/preferences.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const state = {
   fileSortBy: 'created',
   startUpAction: 'lastState',
   defaultDirectoryToOpen: '',
+  treePathExcludePatterns: [],
   language: 'en',
 
   editorFontFamily: 'Open Sans',
diff --git a/static/preference.json b/static/preference.json
index a3e60cc2..814a73e4 100644
--- a/static/preference.json
+++ b/static/preference.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "fileSortBy": "created",
   "startUpAction": "lastState",
   "defaultDirectoryToOpen": "",
+  "treePathExcludePatterns": [],
   "language": "en",
 
   "editorFontFamily": "Open Sans",