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Adding custom file types
Administrator Help | Forcepoint Web Security and Forcepoint URL Filtering | v8.5.x
Use the Filter Components > Edit File Types > Add File Type page to define custom file types.
 
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Important 
Custom file types and custom additions to predefined types are used in extension-based enforcement, but not true file type analysis. See Enforcement based on file extension and Enforcement based on file analysis for more information.
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Enter a unique File type name.
You can create a custom file type with the same name as a pre-defined file type in order to add additional file extensions to the existing file type.
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Enter file extensions, one per line, in the File extensions list. You do not need to include the dot (".") before each extension.
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Click OK to return to the Edit File Types screen. The new file type appears in the File Types list.
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When you are finished working with file type definitions, click OK on the Edit File Types page. Changes are not implemented until you click Save and Deploy.

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