Name	Hostname	Path	Expiry	Tags
__cf_bm	.plesk.com	/	1 hour
The __cf_bm cookie supports Cloudflare Bot Management by managing incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. The cookie does not collect any personal data, and any information collected is subject to one-way encryption.
xf_csrf	talk.plesk.com	/	Session
__cfruid	.support.plesk.com	/	Session
This cookie is set by Cloudflare for rate limiting policies.
__cfruid	.plesk.zendesk.com	/	Session	3rd party
This cookie is set by Cloudflare for rate limiting policies.
_help_center_session	support.plesk.com	/	Session
__cf_bm	.support.plesk.com	/	1 hour
The __cf_bm cookie supports Cloudflare Bot Management by managing incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. The cookie does not collect any personal data, and any information collected is subject to one-way encryption.
KAPCSID	central.plesk.com	/	Session
xf_cacheKey			Persistent
xf_visitorCounts			Persistent
xf___crossTab			Persistent
elementor			Persistent
elementor			Session
cookiehub	.plesk.com	/	365 days
Used by CookieHub to store information about whether visitors have given or declined the use of cookie categories used on the site.
xf_session	talk.plesk.com	/	Session
cb*	.store.plesk.com	/	90 days
x-*	.plesk.com	/	90 days
__cf_bm	.hubspot.com	/	1 hour	3rd party
The __cf_bm cookie supports Cloudflare Bot Management by managing incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. The cookie does not collect any personal data, and any information collected is subject to one-way encryption.
cf_chl_*	.support.plesk.com	/	1 day

Name	Hostname	Path	Expiry	Tags
_GRECAPTCHA	www.google.com	/recaptcha	180 days	3rd party
Used by Google reCaptcha for risk analysis
__lc_cid	.accounts.livechatinc.com	/customer/token	730 days	3rd party
These cookies are set by LiveChat that provides online chat facility to the website.
__lc_cst	.accounts.livechatinc.com	/customer/token	730 days	3rd party
Used by LiveChat to distinguish anonymously different visitors using LiveChat at different times in order to improve our service. For example, reconnect the last agent with who the customer has ever chatted.
lidc	.linkedin.com	/	1 day	3rd party
Used by LinkedIn for routing.
li_gc	.linkedin.com	/	180 days	3rd party
Used by LinkedIn to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	.youtube.com	/	180 days	3rd party
A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old.
jetPopupData			Persistent

Name	Hostname	Path	Expiry	Tags
_hjSessionUser_158759	.plesk.com	/	365 days
_hjFirstSeen	.plesk.com	/	1 hour
This cookie is set by Hotjar to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.
_hjIncludedInSessionSample	www.plesk.com	/	1 hour
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.
_hjSession_158759	.plesk.com	/	1 hour
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	www.plesk.com	/	1 hour
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	.plesk.com	/	1 hour
The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information.
_ga	.plesk.com	/	730 days
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_gid	.plesk.com	/	1 day
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_gat_*	.plesk.com	/	1 hour
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate (limit the collection of data on high traffic sites)
bcookie	.linkedin.com	/	365 days	3rd party
This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
hjViewportId			Session
This Hotjar cookie stores information about the user viewport such as size and dimensions.
YSC	.youtube.com	/	Session	3rd party
This cookie is set by YouTube video service on pages with YouTube embedded videos to track views.
__hstc	.plesk.com	/	180 days
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. This is the main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).
hubspotutk	.plesk.com	/	180 days
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. This cookie is used to keep track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
__hssrc	.plesk.com	/	Session
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session.
__hssc	.plesk.com	/	1 hour
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp.
FPID	.plesk.com	/	730 days
_hjRecordingEnabled			Session
This is added when a Recording starts and is read when the recording module is initialized to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session.
ln_or	www.plesk.com	/	1 day
Used by LinkedIn to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain
_ga_*	.plesk.com	/	730 days
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics 4 to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_ga	.talk.plesk.com	/	730 days
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_gid	.talk.plesk.com	/	1 day
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_ga	.support.plesk.com	/	730 days
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_gid	.support.plesk.com	/	1 day
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_ga	.docs.plesk.com	/	730 days
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_gid	.docs.plesk.com	/	1 day
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_ga	.get.plesk.com	/	730 days
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_gid	.get.plesk.com	/	1 day
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
ln_or	get.plesk.com	/	1 day
Used by LinkedIn to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	get.plesk.com	/	1 hour
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.
_hjIncludedInSessionSample	get.plesk.com	/	1 hour
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.
_hjRecordingLastActivity			Session
This should be found in Session storage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the visitor performs an action that Hotjar records).
DEVICE_INFO	.youtube.com	/	180 days	3rd party
This cookie is set by YouTube video service on pages with YouTube embedded videos
_gat_*	.docs.plesk.com	/	1 hour
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate (limit the collection of data on high traffic sites)
_gat_*	.talk.plesk.com	/	1 hour
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate (limit the collection of data on high traffic sites)
_gat	.plesk.com	/	1 hour
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate (limit the collection of data on high traffic sites)
_gat_*	.support.plesk.com	/	1 hour
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate (limit the collection of data on high traffic sites)
MUID	.bing.com	/	390 days	3rd party
Microsoft User Identifier tracking cookie used by Bing Ads. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.

Name	Hostname	Path	Expiry	Tags
A3	.yahoo.com	/	365 days, 6 hours	3rd party
Used by Yahoo for content and advertising personalisation.
UserMatchHistory	.linkedin.com	/	30 days	3rd party
Contains a unique identifier used by LinkedIn to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
AnalyticsSyncHistory	.linkedin.com	/	30 days	3rd party
Used by LinkedIn to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries
personalization_id	.twitter.com	/	730 days	3rd party
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
muc_ads	.t.co	/	730 days	3rd party
This is a cookie that is set by twitter.com. It is used for optimizing ad relevance by collecting visitor navigation data.
_fbp	.plesk.com	/	90 days
Facebook Pixel advertising first-party cookie. Used by Facebook to track visits across websites to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
bscookie	.www.linkedin.com	/	365 days	3rd party
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
outbrain_cid_fetch	www.plesk.com	/	1 hour
Set by Outbrain and is used for tracking conversion.
__oauth_redirect_detector	accounts.livechatinc.com	/	1 hour	3rd party
Used by LiveChat that provides online chat facility to the website.
outbrain_cid_fetch	get.plesk.com	/	1 hour
Set by Outbrain and is used for tracking conversion.
_gcl_au	.plesk.com	/	90 days
Used by Google AdSense to understand user interaction with the website by generating analytical data.
test_cookie	.doubleclick.net	/	1 hour	3rd party
Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies
IDE	.doubleclick.net	/	390 days	3rd party
Used by Google's DoubleClick to serve targeted advertisements that are relevant to users across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to users based on previous visits to a website. These cookies measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user.
_uetsid	.plesk.com	/	1 day
This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.
_uetvid	.plesk.com	/	390 days
Used by Microsoft Advertising to store a unique, anonymized visitor ID to personalize marketing.
_uetsid_exp			Persistent
This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.
_uetvid			Persistent
This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.
_uetvid_exp			Persistent
This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.
_uetsid			Persistent
This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.

Knowledge Base

How to exclude specific files/directories from a backup in Plesk?

Question

How to exclude specific files/directories from a backup in Plesk?

Answer

In order to exclude files from backup click to expand on the section

To exclude files from domain backup

Log in to Plesk GUI
Go to Domains > example.com > Backup Manager > Back Up and use Exclude specific files
Only paths relative to the subscription can be used. For example:

httpdocs/images/file.jpg

To exclude all files in the directory, use '*' mask, for example:

httpdocs/images/*

To exclude a whole directory, specify the name of the directory, for example:

httpdocs/images

To exclude files from full server backup

Note: when excluding specific files from Full Server backup all files specified in Exclude specific files from the backup option on all domains will be excluded. It is not possible exclude specific file from specific domain only. Vote to implement features on Plesk User Voice Portal.

Log in to Plesk GUI
In Tools & Settings > Backup Manager > Back Up and use Exclude specific files from the backup option:
Only paths relative to the subscription should be used. For example:

httpdocs/images/file.jpg

To exclude all files in the directory, use '*' mask, for example:

httpdocs/images/*

To exclude a whole directory, specify name of the directory, for example:

httpdocs/images