You may want to exempt some URLs from web caching for a number of reasons. For example, if your users access websites that are not compatible with FortiGate web caching you can add the URLs of these web sites to the web caching exempt list. You can add URLs and numeric IP addresses to the web cache exempt list.

You can also add URLs to the web cache exempt list by going to WAN Opt. & Cache > Cache > URL Match List and selecting Create New. Add a URL pattern to be exempt and select Exempt from Cache.

You can also add URLs and addresses to be exempt from the CLI. Enter the following command to add www.example.com to the web cache exempt list.