If you want to exclude a directory from your search results, when searching in ST2, add this this filter: -*/name_of_dir/* So for example, in a Rails project, if I want to search for something in the app/ folder, but exclude the assets folder, I would write in the where field: /Users/Username/Repositories/myapp/app,-*/assets/* However, this is a bit tedious to do every time. This technique is suit