Name: how-to-disable-filebot-autoextract

Last reviewed by: Clipper, April 2026

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How to disable Filebot autoextract

While Filebot autoextract is enabled, it will automatically extract files from zip, multi-volume rar and 7zip archives as well as ISO images. Here is how to disable it.

Table of Contents

• Command line solution
  • rTorrent
  • Deluge
• Pydio
  • rTorrent
  • Deluge

Command line solution

If you are on Windows, you will need KiTTY or PuTTY to connect via SSH.

Connect to your box via SSH:

ssh [email protected]

rTorrent

Open the Filebot config file for rTorrent:

nano ~/.config/rtorrent/filebot

By default, autoextract is enabled:

SKIP_EXTRACT=n

Change n to y to disable autoextract:

SKIP_EXTRACT=y

To also disable Filebot for Music, change music=y to music=n.

Press Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+X to exit.

Deluge

Open the Filebot config file for Deluge:

nano ~/.config/deluge/filebot.py

By default, autoextract is enabled:

'--def skipExtract=n'

Change n to y to disable autoextract:

'--def skipExtract=y'

To also disable Filebot for Music, find the music argument and change music=y to music=n.

Press Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+X to exit.

Pydio

⚠️ Pydio is no longer available in the Bytesized app installer. This section is kept for reference only for users who may still have a legacy Pydio installation. If you need to edit files without SSH, use FTP to download, edit, and upload the files back.

There is also a way to edit the Filebot config files via the Pydio web interface, without using SSH.

Log in to Pydio with your username and password.

First, enable hidden files visibility. Click your username in the top right corner and choose Settings.

Choose Feature Plugins then Workspaces Drivers.

Choose File System (Standard).

Scroll down until you see Filesystem Common. Under Show Hidden Files, choose Yes.

Return to the main menu and open the .config folder.

You will see the Deluge and rTorrent folders.

rTorrent

Open the rTorrent folder and find the file called filebot.

By default autoextract is enabled: SKIP_EXTRACT=n. Change n to y to disable it: SKIP_EXTRACT=y.

To disable Filebot for Music, change music=y to music=n.

Click Save when done.

Deluge

Open the Deluge folder and find the file called filebot.py.

By default autoextract is enabled: '--def skipExtract=n'. Change n to y to disable it: '--def skipExtract=y'.

To disable Filebot for Music, find the music argument and change music=y to music=n.

Click Save when done.