Name: how-to-use-labels-to-white-black-list-torrents-with-filebot-1

Last reviewed by: Clipper, April 2026

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How to use labels to whitelist/blacklist torrents with Filebot

Labels in your torrent client can be used to control which torrents Filebot processes.

• Whitelist — only torrents with a specific label will be processed by Filebot
• Blacklist — torrents with a specific label will be skipped by Filebot

Note: To edit the Filebot config files you need to connect via SSH — see the KiTTY guide if you are on Windows. Make sure your torrent client is shut down before editing. If editing on Windows, use a Linux-compatible editor such as Notepad++ or VS Code to avoid line ending issues.

Whitelist

Deluge

See the instructions for the official Deluge plugin.

rTorrent

Open ~/.config/rtorrent/filebot and add the whitelist lines around the Filebot script as shown below:

Filebot will now only process torrents that have the whitelist label assigned. You can name the label anything you want.

Blacklist

Deluge

See the instructions for the official Deluge plugin.

rTorrent

Open ~/.config/rtorrent/filebot and add the blacklist lines around the Filebot script as shown below:

Filebot will now process all torrents except those with the blacklist label assigned. You can name the label anything you want.