diff --git a/common/data.ts b/common/data.ts
index cee76d0..94902fc 100644
--- a/common/data.ts
+++ b/common/data.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ interface HeadingDecoratorSettings {
 
 export type HeadingPluginSettings = {
   metadataKeyword: string;
+  folderBlacklist: string[];
+  fileRegexBlacklist: string[];
   enabledInReading: boolean;
   enabledInPreview: boolean;
   enabledInSource: boolean;
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ export type HeadingPluginSettings = {
 export type HeadingPluginData = Omit<
   HeadingPluginSettings,
   | "metadataKeyword"
+  | "folderBlacklist"
+  | "fileRegexBlacklist"
   | "enabledInReading"
   | "readingSettings"
   | "enabledInOutline"
@@ -284,3 +288,25 @@ export function checkEnabledCss(
   }
   return null; // default to null if no matching class is found
 }
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string to a regex object.
+ * @param value The string to convert to a regex.
+ * @returns A regex object if the string is a valid regex, otherwise null.
+ */
+export function stringToRegex(value: string) {
+  const str = value.trim();
+  if (!str) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const re = new RegExp(
+      str.substring(1, str.lastIndexOf("/")),
+      str.substring(str.lastIndexOf("/") + 1)
+    );
+    return re;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/components/suggest.ts b/components/suggest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49785ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/suggest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { App, AbstractInputSuggest } from "obsidian";
+
+export class FolderSuggest extends AbstractInputSuggest<string> {
+  constructor(
+    public app: App,
+    public textInputEl: HTMLInputElement | HTMLDivElement
+  ) {
+    super(app, textInputEl);
+  }
+
+  getSuggestions(query: string): string[] {
+    const folders = this.app.vault.getAllFolders();
+    return folders
+      .map((folder) => folder.path)
+      .filter((path) => path.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()));
+  }
+
+  renderSuggestion(value: string, el: HTMLElement) {
+    el.setText(value);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index e04100f..99b989f 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   diffLevel,
   getBoolean,
   checkEnabledCss,
+  stringToRegex,
 } from "./common/data";
 import { Counter, Querier } from "./common/counter";
 import { Heading } from "./common/heading";
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import {
   updateEditorMode,
 } from "./components/view";
 import { OutlineChildComponent } from "./components/outline";
+import { FolderSuggest } from "./components/suggest";
 
 interface ObsidianEditor extends Editor {
   cm: EditorView;
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ interface ObsidianWorkspaceLeaf extends WorkspaceLeaf {
 
 const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: HeadingPluginSettings = {
   metadataKeyword: "heading",
+  fileRegexBlacklist: [],
+  folderBlacklist: [],
   enabledInReading: true,
   readingSettings: defaultHeadingDecoratorSettings(),
   enabledInPreview: true,
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ export default class HeadingPlugin extends Plugin {
         "reading",
         context.frontmatter
       );
+
       if (metadataEnabled == null) {
         if (
           this.settings.readingSettings.enabledInEachNote != undefined &&
@@ -97,6 +102,10 @@ export default class HeadingPlugin extends Plugin {
         ) {
           return;
         }
+
+        if (this.getEnabledFromBlacklist(context.sourcePath)) {
+          return;
+        }
       } else if (!metadataEnabled) {
         return;
       }
@@ -403,12 +412,20 @@ export default class HeadingPlugin extends Plugin {
         }
 
         const frontmatter = fileCache.frontmatter;
-        const enabled =
-          this.getEnabledFromFrontmatter("outline", frontmatter) ??
-          enabledInEachNote ??
-          true;
+        const metadataEnabled = this.getEnabledFromFrontmatter(
+          "outline",
+          frontmatter
+        );
 
-        if (!enabled) {
+        if (metadataEnabled == null) {
+          if (enabledInEachNote != undefined && !enabledInEachNote) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          if (this.getEnabledFromBlacklist(state.file)) {
+            return;
+          }
+        } else if (!metadataEnabled) {
           return;
         }
 
@@ -526,14 +543,14 @@ export default class HeadingPlugin extends Plugin {
           enabledInPreview =
             this.getEnabledFromFrontmatter("preview", frontmatter) ??
             previewSettings.enabledInEachNote ??
-            true;
+            !this.getEnabledFromBlacklist(file.path);
         }
 
         if (_enabledInSource) {
           enabledInSource =
             this.getEnabledFromFrontmatter("source", frontmatter) ??
             sourceSettings.enabledInEachNote ??
-            true;
+            !this.getEnabledFromBlacklist(file.path);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -587,6 +604,29 @@ export default class HeadingPlugin extends Plugin {
 
     return null;
   }
+
+  private getEnabledFromBlacklist(filepath: string): boolean {
+    for (const folder of this.settings.folderBlacklist) {
+      if (filepath.startsWith(`${folder}/`)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const filename = filepath.substring(
+      filepath.lastIndexOf("/") + 1,
+      filepath.lastIndexOf(".")
+    );
+    for (const regexStr of this.settings.fileRegexBlacklist) {
+      const regex = stringToRegex(regexStr);
+      if (regex) {
+        if (regex.test(filename)) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
 }
 
 class HeadingSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
@@ -626,6 +666,24 @@ class HeadingSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     );
     metadataKeywordSetting.descEl.appendChild(metadataKeywordDesc);
 
+    //* folderBlacklist
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Manage folder blacklist")
+      .addButton((button) => {
+        button.setButtonText("Manage").onClick(() => {
+          this.manageFolderBlacklist();
+        });
+      });
+
+    //* fileRegexBlacklist
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Manage note name regex blacklist")
+      .addButton((button) => {
+        button.setButtonText("Manage").onClick(() => {
+          this.manageFileRegexBlacklist();
+        });
+      });
+
     new Setting(containerEl).setName("Reading view").setHeading();
 
     //* enabledInReading
@@ -996,4 +1054,111 @@ class HeadingSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
           })
       );
   }
+
+  private manageFolderBlacklist() {
+    const { containerEl } = this;
+
+    containerEl.empty();
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Manage folder blacklist")
+      .setHeading()
+      .addButton((button) => {
+        button.setButtonText("Back").onClick(() => {
+          this.display();
+        });
+      });
+
+    this.plugin.settings.folderBlacklist.forEach((folder, index) => {
+      new Setting(containerEl)
+        .setName(`Folder balcklist ${index + 1}`)
+        .addText((text) => {
+          text.setValue(folder).onChange(async (value) => {
+            this.plugin.settings.folderBlacklist[index] = value;
+            await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          });
+
+          const suggest = new FolderSuggest(this.app, text.inputEl);
+          suggest.onSelect(async (value) => {
+            text.setValue(value);
+            this.plugin.settings.folderBlacklist[index] = value;
+            suggest.close();
+            await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          });
+        })
+        .addButton((button) => {
+          button
+            .setButtonText("Delete")
+            .setWarning()
+            .onClick(async () => {
+              this.plugin.settings.folderBlacklist.splice(index, 1);
+              await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+              this.manageFolderBlacklist();
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
+    new Setting(containerEl).addButton((button) => {
+      button
+        .setButtonText("Add")
+        .setCta()
+        .setTooltip("Add a new folder to the blacklist")
+        .onClick(async () => {
+          this.plugin.settings.folderBlacklist.push("");
+          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          this.manageFolderBlacklist();
+        });
+    });
+  }
+
+  private manageFileRegexBlacklist() {
+    const { containerEl } = this;
+
+    containerEl.empty();
+
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Manage note name regex blacklist")
+      .setHeading()
+      .addButton((button) => {
+        button.setButtonText("Back").onClick(() => {
+          this.display();
+        });
+      });
+
+    this.plugin.settings.fileRegexBlacklist.forEach((regex, index) => {
+      new Setting(containerEl)
+        .setName(`Note name regex blacklist ${index + 1}`)
+        .addText((text) =>
+          text
+            .setPlaceholder("e.g., /^daily.*/i")
+            .setValue(regex)
+            .onChange(async (value) => {
+              this.plugin.settings.fileRegexBlacklist[index] = value.trim();
+              await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+            })
+        )
+        .addButton((button) => {
+          button
+            .setButtonText("Delete")
+            .setWarning()
+            .onClick(async () => {
+              this.plugin.settings.fileRegexBlacklist.splice(index, 1);
+              await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+              this.manageFileRegexBlacklist();
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
+    new Setting(containerEl).addButton((button) => {
+      button
+        .setButtonText("Add")
+        .setCta()
+        .setTooltip("Add a new note name regex blacklist")
+        .onClick(async () => {
+          this.plugin.settings.fileRegexBlacklist.push("");
+          await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          this.manageFileRegexBlacklist();
+        });
+    });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/common/data.spec.ts b/test/common/data.spec.ts
index aaf9002..42ccc17 100644
--- a/test/common/data.spec.ts
+++ b/test/common/data.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   compareMarkdownText,
   getBoolean,
   checkEnabledCss,
+  stringToRegex,
 } from "../../common/data";
 
 describe("common/data", function () {
@@ -91,4 +92,13 @@ describe("common/data", function () {
     expect(checkEnabledCss("disable-reading-heading enable-heading", "reading"))
       .to.be.false;
   });
+
+  it("stringToRegex", function () {
+    expect(stringToRegex("")).to.be.null;
+    expect(stringToRegex("abc")).to.be.null;
+    expect(stringToRegex("/abc/")).to.be.an.instanceof(RegExp);
+    expect(stringToRegex("/abc/ig")).to.be.an.instanceof(RegExp);
+    expect(stringToRegex("/a\\/bc/ig")).to.be.an.instanceof(RegExp);
+    expect(stringToRegex("/abc/a")).to.be.null;
+  });
 });