diff --git a/src/FocusVolumeControl/AudioHelpers/AudioHelper.cs b/src/FocusVolumeControl/AudioHelpers/AudioHelper.cs
index 408f976..4a0a3c0 100644
--- a/src/FocusVolumeControl/AudioHelpers/AudioHelper.cs
+++ b/src/FocusVolumeControl/AudioHelpers/AudioHelper.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class AudioHelper
 	int _retryFallbackCount = 0;
 
 	public List<Override> Overrides { get; set; }
+	public List<string> Ignored { get; set; }
 
 	public IAudioSession Current { get; private set; }
 
@@ -223,6 +224,11 @@ public class AudioHelper
 		{
 			return new List<Process>();
 		}
+		
+		if(processes.Any(x => Ignored.Contains(x.ProcessName)))
+		{
+			return new List<Process>();
+		}
 
 		try
 		{
diff --git a/src/FocusVolumeControl/DialAction.cs b/src/FocusVolumeControl/DialAction.cs
index 7ecfa44..b2cfb6d 100644
--- a/src/FocusVolumeControl/DialAction.cs
+++ b/src/FocusVolumeControl/DialAction.cs
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 		[JsonProperty("overrides")]
 		public string Overrides { get; set; }
 
+		[JsonProperty("ignored")]
+		public string Ignored { get; set; }
+
 		public static PluginSettings CreateDefaultSettings()
 		{
 			PluginSettings instance = new PluginSettings();
 			instance.FallbackBehavior = FallbackBehavior.SystemSounds;
 			instance.StepSize = 1;
 			instance.Overrides = DefaultOverrides;
+			instance.Ignored = "";
 			return instance;
 		}
 	}
@@ -57,9 +61,20 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 		else
 		{
 			settings = payload.Settings.ToObject<PluginSettings>();
+			bool save = false;
 			if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(settings.Overrides))
 			{
 				settings.Overrides = DefaultOverrides;
+				save = true;
+			}
+			if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(settings.Ignored))
+			{
+				settings.Ignored = "";
+				save = true;
+			}
+
+			if(save)
+			{
 				_ = SaveSettings();
 			}
 		}
@@ -69,6 +84,7 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 		try
 		{
 			_audioHelper.Overrides = OverrideParser.Parse(settings.Overrides);
+			_audioHelper.Ignored = IgnoreParser.Parse(settings.Ignored);
 			//just in case we fail to get the active session, don't prevent the plugin from launching
 			var session = _audioHelper.GetActiveSession(settings.FallbackBehavior);
 			_ = UpdateStateIfNeeded(session);
@@ -238,6 +254,7 @@ public class DialAction : EncoderBase
 		{
 			Tools.AutoPopulateSettings(settings, payload.Settings);
 			_audioHelper.Overrides = OverrideParser.Parse(settings.Overrides);
+			_audioHelper.Ignored = IgnoreParser.Parse(settings.Ignored);
 			//_ = SaveSettings();
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/src/FocusVolumeControl/FocusVolumeControl.csproj b/src/FocusVolumeControl/FocusVolumeControl.csproj
index 70dadb0..e047962 100644
--- a/src/FocusVolumeControl/FocusVolumeControl.csproj
+++ b/src/FocusVolumeControl/FocusVolumeControl.csproj
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     <Compile Include="FallbackBehavior.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AudioHelpers\NameAndIconHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="InternalsVisibleTo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Overrides\IgnoreParser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Overrides\Override.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Overrides\MatchType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Overrides\OverrideParser.cs" />
diff --git a/src/FocusVolumeControl/Overrides/IgnoreParser.cs b/src/FocusVolumeControl/Overrides/IgnoreParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cdb764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FocusVolumeControl/Overrides/IgnoreParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace FocusVolumeControl.Overrides
+{
+	internal class IgnoreParser
+	{
+		public static List<string> Parse(string raw)
+		{
+			var ignores = new List<string>();
+
+			if (raw == null)
+			{
+				return ignores;
+			}
+
+			var lines = raw.Split(new[] { "\r\n", "\n", "\r" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+
+			foreach (var line in lines)
+			{
+				if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(line) || line.StartsWith("//"))
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+				var str = line.Trim();
+				ignores.Add(line.Trim());
+			}
+
+			return ignores;
+		}
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/FocusVolumeControl/PropertyInspector/PluginActionPI.html b/src/FocusVolumeControl/PropertyInspector/PluginActionPI.html
index 9630d70..ccb6733 100644
--- a/src/FocusVolumeControl/PropertyInspector/PluginActionPI.html
+++ b/src/FocusVolumeControl/PropertyInspector/PluginActionPI.html
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@
         </details>
 
 
+        <div type="textarea" class="sdpi-item">
+            <div class="sdpi-item-label">Ignored</div>
+            <span class="sdpi-item-value" textarea>
+                <textarea type="textarea" class="sdProperty" id="ignored" oninput="setSettings()"></textarea>
+            </span>
+        </div>
+
+        <details>
+            <summary>Ignored Details</summary>
+            <p>Sometimes you may not want certain processes to be controlable.</p>
+            <p>In this case, you can add a list of process names which will be ignored.</p>
+            <p>ex:<br /> chrome</p>
+            <p>Blank lines can be used for spacing<br/>Lines starting with // are ignored</p>
+            <p>To get a process name, you can use task manager, right click on a process and select properties</p>
+            <p>Process names are case sensitive and must match exactly</p>
+        </details>
 
     </div>
 </body>