EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD — CMake 4.3.2 Documentation

# EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD

Exclude a target from the solution build configuration.

This property is only used by Visual Studio Generators. When set to `TRUE`, the target will be excluded from the build when the "Build Solution" command is run.

This property has a per-configuration version: `EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD_<CONFIG>`.

Note

Solution build configurations do not take project dependencies into account. If a target is excluded, it will not be built, even if another target included in the configuration depends on it. This behavior differs from the CMake-generated `ALL_BUILD` target and the `EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL` property.