Option to not scan for or show local mods

I dont know why, but in the past, Curseforge didnt showed local mods unless you specifically told it to scan the mods and tray folder. But at some point it started doing that without us asking. Can we get this disabled? I only want curseforge to manage only mods installed trough it, not all mods (since it doesnt understand that a folder with 5 files are a single mod, instead it lists them as 5 mods).

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  • Feb 3 2026
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