diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
index d73e1f0c3d0..3602e38d2db 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@
 -->
 <full-backup-content>
     <exclude domain="root" path="." />
+    <exclude domain="file" path="." />
+    <exclude domain="database" path="." />
+    <exclude domain="sharedpref" path="." />
+    <exclude domain="external"  path="."/>
 </full-backup-content>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml
index ae76014f3b5..d11b4203feb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,18 @@
 -->
 <data-extraction-rules>
     <cloud-backup>
-        <exclude domain="root" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="root" path="."/>
+        <exclude domain="file" path="."/>
+        <exclude domain="database" path="."/>
+        <exclude domain="sharedpref" path="."/>
+        <exclude domain="external" path="."/>
     </cloud-backup>
+
     <device-transfer>
-        <exclude domain="root" path="." />
+        <exclude domain="root" path="."/>
+        <exclude domain="file" path="."/>
+        <exclude domain="database" path="."/>
+        <exclude domain="sharedpref" path="."/>
+        <exclude domain="external" path="."/>
     </device-transfer>
-</data-extraction-rules>
+</data-extraction-rules>
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