diff --git a/cleanrepo/Program.cs b/cleanrepo/Program.cs
index 9e5e40f0..c14e6633 100644
--- a/cleanrepo/Program.cs
+++ b/cleanrepo/Program.cs
@@ -49,9 +49,76 @@ static async Task Main(string[] args)
         builder.Configuration.GetSection(nameof(Options))
             .Bind(options);
 
+        options.ExcludeOrphanedIncludeFiles = ParseStringListOption(
+            builder.Configuration,
+            nameof(Options.ExcludeOrphanedIncludeFiles),
+            options.ExcludeOrphanedIncludeFiles);
+
         await RunOptions(options);
     }
 
+    private static List<string>? ParseStringListOption(
+        IConfigurationRoot configuration,
+        string optionName,
+        List<string>? currentValue)
+    {
+        string key = $"{nameof(Options)}:{optionName}";
+
+        foreach (IConfigurationProvider provider in configuration.Providers.Reverse())
+        {
+            if (provider.TryGet(key, out string? rawValue))
+            {
+                return ParseStringListValue(rawValue);
+            }
+
+            List<string> children = [.. provider.GetChildKeys([], key)];
+            if (children.Count == 0)
+                continue;
+
+            List<string> values = [.. children
+                .OrderBy(child => int.TryParse(child, out int index) ? index : int.MaxValue)
+                .ThenBy(child => child, StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
+                .Select(child =>
+                {
+                    provider.TryGet($"{key}:{child}", out string? value);
+                    return value?.Trim();
+                })
+                .Where(value => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+                .Select(value => value!.Trim('"'))
+                .Distinct(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)];
+
+            return values;
+        }
+
+        return currentValue;
+    }
+
+    private static List<string> ParseStringListValue(string? rawValue)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(rawValue))
+            return [];
+
+        rawValue = rawValue.Trim();
+
+        if (rawValue.StartsWith('[') && rawValue.EndsWith(']'))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<string>>(rawValue) ?? [];
+            }
+            catch (JsonException ex)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Option must be a valid JSON array of strings.", ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return [.. rawValue
+            .Split([',', ';', '\n', '\r'], StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries)
+            .Select(value => value.Trim('"'))
+            .Where(value => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+            .Distinct(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)];
+    }
+
     static async Task RunOptions(Options options)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.Function))
@@ -237,7 +304,7 @@ static async Task RunOptions(Options options)
                         $"in the '{options.TargetDirectory}' directory...\n");
 
                     // Extract hash keys from the dictionary.
-                    List<string> mediaFilesList = docFxRepo._imageRefs.Keys.ToList();
+                    List<string> mediaFilesList = [.. docFxRepo._imageRefs.Keys];
 
                     if (mediaFilesList.Count == 0)
                     {
diff --git a/cleanrepo/action.yml b/cleanrepo/action.yml
index ee2826e8..6888a3a3 100644
--- a/cleanrepo/action.yml
+++ b/cleanrepo/action.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ branding:
   color: 'purple'
 inputs:
   function:
-    description: 'The function you want to run: FindOrphanedArticles, FindOrphanedImages, FindOrphanedIncludes, FindOrphanedSnippets, CatalogImages, CatalogImagesWithText, FilterImagesForText, ReplaceRedirectTargets, ReplaceWithRelativeLinks, or RemoveRedirectHops.'
+    description: 'The function you want to run: FindOrphanedArticles, FindOrphanedImages, FindOrphanedIncludes, FindOrphanedSnippets, ReplaceRedirectTargets, ReplaceWithRelativeLinks, or RemoveRedirectHops.'
     required: true
   docfx_directory:
     description: 'The directory that contains the docfx.json file for the docset.'
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ inputs:
   url_base_path:
     description: 'The URL base path for your docset, for example, /dotnet or /windows/uwp.'
     required: true
+  exclude_include_files:
+    description: 'A list of file names or paths that should never be considered orphaned.'
+    default: '[]'
 runs:
   using: docker
   image: ../cleanrepo.Dockerfile
@@ -30,3 +33,5 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.target_directory }}
     - '/Options:UrlBasePath'
     - ${{ inputs.url_base_path }}
+    - '/Options:ExcludeOrphanedIncludeFiles'
+    - ${{ inputs.exclude_include_files }}