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Exclusion formats are assigned negative scores in profiles to deprioritize or block specific types of releases. A score of -10000 is the conventional way to make a release ungrabable — Radarr and Sonarr will only fall back to a blocked release if no other option exists.
Assigning exclusion formats to a profile without setting an appropriate negative score will have no effect. Always verify the score is set to a meaningful negative value (e.g. -10000) when you intend to block a release type, or 0 if you want to ignore it.

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Bad release groups

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Banned Groups

The primary exclusion format. Matches releases from groups listed in the Dictionarry and Dumpstarr banned group lists. Also matches releases where the release group tag is entirely missing, treating no-group releases as suspect. 
name: Banned Groups
description: Matches Release Groups that are Banned
tags:
  - Banned
  - Release Group
conditions:
  - name: Dictionarry Banned Groups
    negate: false
    pattern: Dictionarry Banned Groups
    required: false
    type: release_group
  - name: Dumpstarr Banned Groups
    negate: false
    pattern: Dumpstarr Banned Groups
    required: false
    type: release_group
  - name: Release Group Missing
    type: release_group
    required: false
    negate: true
    pattern: Release Group (Missing)
tests: []
The Release Group Missing condition uses negate: true with the pattern Release Group (Missing), which is a Profilarr signal meaning no release group was parsed. When negated, the condition fires when the release group is not the recognized “missing” marker — combined with the other conditions being required: false, this means any of the three conditions matching will trigger the format.

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Bad Naming Scheme

Matches releases that use the HONE tag in their title but do not actually come from the HONE release group. This pattern is sometimes used by lower-quality groups to falsely imply an association with HONE. 
name: Bad Naming Scheme
description: Matches releases from HONE that are **not** explicitly from the HONE group.
tags:
  - Banned
conditions:
  - name: Not HONE Groups
    negate: true
    pattern: HONE Groups
    required: true
    type: release_group
  - name: HONE Release Title
    negate: false
    pattern: HONE Release Title
    required: true
    type: release_title
tests: []

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Bad sources

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BR-DISK

Matches raw unprocessed Blu-ray disc images. These are enormous files (often 50–100 GB) that are not remuxes — they include all disc menus, extras, and multiple audio tracks. They are blocked in all standard profiles. 
name: BR-DISK
description: ''
tags:
  - TRaSH
  - Banned
conditions:
  - name: BR-DISK
    type: release_title
    required: false
    negate: false
    pattern: BR-DISK
tests: []

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Bad quality

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Upscaled

Matches releases that have been artificially upscaled using AI or other tools. Upscaled releases are typically labelled with patterns such as AI Upscales, AIUS, Regrade, RW, The Upscaler, or Upscaled. 
name: Upscaled
description: Matches the 'Upscaled' regex pattern
tags:
  - Banned
  - Enhancement
conditions:
  - name: AI Upscales
    negate: false
    pattern: AI Upscales
    required: false
    type: release_title
  - name: AIUS
    negate: false
    pattern: AIUS
    required: false
    type: release_title
  - name: Regrade
    negate: false
    pattern: Regrade
    required: false
    type: release_title
  - name: RW
    negate: false
    pattern: RW
    required: false
    type: release_title
  - name: TheUpscaler
    negate: false
    pattern: The Upscaler
    required: false
    type: release_title
  - name: Upscaled
    negate: false
    pattern: Upscaled
    required: false
    type: release_title
tests: []

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3D

Matches 3D releases, which require dedicated 3D hardware to watch correctly and are not useful for standard playback. 
name: 3D
description: Matches the '3D' Regex Pattern
tags:
  - Banned
  - Enhancement
conditions:
  - name: 3D
    negate: false
    pattern: 3D
    required: false
    type: release_title
  - name: Bluray 3D
    negate: false
    pattern: Bluray 3D
    required: false
    type: release_title
  - name: BD3D
    negate: false
    pattern: BD3D
    required: false
    type: release_title
tests: []

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Unwanted content

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TV Extras

Matches Sonarr releases that contain TV extras rather than actual episodes. These are blocked in TV profiles to prevent extras from being grabbed ahead of the real episode. 
name: TV Extras
description: Matches the 'Extras' Regex Pattern
tags:
  - Banned
  - Enhancement
  - Sonarr
conditions:
  - name: Extras
    negate: false
    pattern: TV Extras
    required: true
    type: release_title
tests: []

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Sing Along

Matches releases labelled as sing-along versions. These are typically karaoke or subtitle-highlighted variants that are not useful for standard viewing. 
name: Sing Along
description: ''
tags:
  - Banned
  - Enhancement
conditions:
  - name: Sing Along
    negate: false
    pattern: Sing Along
    required: true
    type: release_title
tests: []

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Show-specific exclusions

Several exclusion formats target specific shows where particular groups or naming patterns cause quality issues:

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TBBT Banned Groups

Blocks releases of The Big Bang Theory from groups that produce PAL (25fps) versions. PAL versions play at the wrong frame rate on NTSC content. 
name: TBBT Banned Groups
description: Matches groups where the release is in PAL format.
tags:
  - Banned
conditions:
  - name: The Big Bang Theory
    type: release_title
    required: true
    negate: false
    pattern: The Big Bang Theory
  - name: TBBT Banned Groups
    type: release_group
    required: true
    negate: false
    pattern: TBBT Banned Groups
tests: []

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Scrubs (Banned Groups)

Blocks Scrubs (2001) releases from groups that are not in the approved list. Works similarly to TBBT — it targets a specific title and requires the release group to not be in the allowed list. 
name: Scrubs (Banned Groups)
description: ''
tags:
  - Scrubs
conditions:
  - name: Scrubs (2001)
    negate: false
    pattern: Scrubs (2001)
    required: true
    type: release_title
  - name: Allowed Groups
    negate: true
    pattern: Scrubs (2001) Approved Groups
    required: false
    type: release_group
tests: []

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Other show-specific formats

FormatPurpose
Scrubs (Banned Title)Blocks Scrubs releases with known bad title patterns
Scrubs (Internal Boost)Boosts preferred Scrubs release groups
Scrubs (Remux Boost)Boosts Scrubs remux releases from preferred groups
TBBT Banned GroupsBlocks PAL Big Bang Theory releases
Bad MultisBlocks multi-episode releases with incorrect ordering or labelling
Whose Line (Not US Version)Targets correct releases for early seasons of the US version
Adventure Time (Season 8 Fix)Correctly sources TheTVDB-ordered Season 8 releases
House Season 6 FixCorrectly sources TheTVDB-ordered Season 6 releases
Parks and Recreation FixNegates releases following bad naming schemes

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