diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ac9cf3..c3f5ff5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export LIDARR_API_KEY="your-lidarr-api-key"
 | `--search-all` | Search all albums when adding an artist to Lidarr. |
 | `--repair` | Re-tag existing downloads under `--root` from source metadata (see below). |
 | `--retag-from-path` | Offline: re-tag artist/title from folder + filename (see below). |
+| `-x`, `--exclude NAME` | Folder under `--root` to skip during `--repair`/`--retag-from-path` (repeatable). |
 | `--debug` | Verbose output. |
 
 ### Examples
@@ -154,6 +155,9 @@ artist/title and leaves album/year alone.
 ```bash
 ./musicfetch --retag-from-path -d            # preview
 ./musicfetch --retag-from-path -o /media/music
+
+# Skip folders (e.g. hand-curated playlists you don't want re-tagged)
+./musicfetch --repair -x Unsorted -x playlists
 ```
 
 ### 📁 Output Structure
diff --git a/musicfetch b/musicfetch
index 146f877..0df5be6 100755
--- a/musicfetch
+++ b/musicfetch
@@ -939,13 +939,13 @@ def repair_file(path: str, source: str, dry_run: bool) -> list[str]:
     return changed
 
 
-def repair_library(root: str, dry_run: bool) -> tuple[int, int]:
+def repair_library(root: str, dry_run: bool, exclude=()) -> tuple[int, int]:
     """Walk <root>/<artist>/<source>/ and re-tag audio files. Returns (scanned, changed)."""
     if not os.path.isdir(root):
         err(f"Root folder not found: {root}")
         return 0, 0
     scanned = changed = 0
-    for path, source, _artist in _iter_source_files(root):
+    for path, source, _artist in _iter_source_files(root, exclude):
         scanned += 1
         try:
             if repair_file(path, source, dry_run):
@@ -957,14 +957,20 @@ def repair_library(root: str, dry_run: bool) -> tuple[int, int]:
     return scanned, changed
 
 
-def _iter_source_files(root: str):
+def _iter_source_files(root: str, exclude=()):
     """Yield (path, source, artist) for audio files under <root>/<artist>/<source>/
-    where source is a yt-dlp source folder (Lidarr album folders are skipped)."""
+    where source is a yt-dlp source folder (Lidarr album folders are skipped).
+    Skips any artist or source folder whose name is in `exclude` (case-insensitive)."""
+    skip = {e.lower() for e in exclude}
     for artist in sorted(os.listdir(root)):
+        if artist.lower() in skip:
+            continue
         adir = os.path.join(root, artist)
         if not os.path.isdir(adir):
             continue
         for source in sorted(os.listdir(adir)):
+            if source.lower() in skip:
+                continue
             sdir = os.path.join(adir, source)
             if not os.path.isdir(sdir) or not _is_source_dir(source):
                 continue
@@ -1029,13 +1035,13 @@ def retag_file_from_path(path: str, folder_artist: str, dry_run: bool) -> list[s
     return changed
 
 
-def retag_library_from_path(root: str, dry_run: bool) -> tuple[int, int]:
+def retag_library_from_path(root: str, dry_run: bool, exclude=()) -> tuple[int, int]:
     """Re-tag artist/title offline from folder+filename for every source file."""
     if not os.path.isdir(root):
         err(f"Root folder not found: {root}")
         return 0, 0
     scanned = changed = 0
-    for path, _source, artist in _iter_source_files(root):
+    for path, _source, artist in _iter_source_files(root, exclude):
         scanned += 1
         try:
             if retag_file_from_path(path, artist, dry_run):
@@ -1087,6 +1093,9 @@ def parse_args():
     p.add_argument("--retag-from-path", action="store_true",
                    help="Offline: re-tag artist/title from folder + filename "
                         "(fixes tags damaged by a prior --repair).")
+    p.add_argument("-x", "--exclude", action="append", default=[], metavar="NAME",
+                   help="Folder name under --root to skip during --repair/--retag-from-path "
+                        "(repeatable, e.g. -x Unsorted -x playlists).")
     p.add_argument("--debug", action="store_true", help="Verbose output.")
     return p.parse_args()
 
@@ -1098,11 +1107,11 @@ def main():
     query = " ".join(args.query).strip()
 
     if args.retag_from_path:
-        retag_library_from_path(args.root, args.dry_run)
+        retag_library_from_path(args.root, args.dry_run, args.exclude)
         return
 
     if args.repair:
-        repair_library(args.root, args.dry_run)
+        repair_library(args.root, args.dry_run, args.exclude)
         return
 
     if not query:
diff --git a/tests/test_repair.py b/tests/test_repair.py
index 6a637c2..4f82fd4 100644
--- a/tests/test_repair.py
+++ b/tests/test_repair.py
@@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ def test_repair_library_missing_root():
     assert mf.repair_library("/no/such/dir", dry_run=False) == (0, 0)
 
 
+def test_repair_library_exclude_skips_folders(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    root = tmp_path
+    (root / "Daft Punk" / "youtube").mkdir(parents=True)
+    (root / "Daft Punk" / "youtube" / f"A [{YT_ID}].opus").write_text("x")
+    (root / "Unsorted" / "youtube").mkdir(parents=True)          # excluded artist folder
+    (root / "Unsorted" / "youtube" / f"B [{YT_ID}].opus").write_text("x")
+    (root / "Ephixa" / "playlists").mkdir(parents=True)          # excluded source folder
+    (root / "Ephixa" / "playlists" / f"C [{YT_ID}].opus").write_text("x")
+
+    visited = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mf, "repair_file",
+                        lambda path, source, dry_run: visited.append(path) or ["x"])
+    scanned, _ = mf.repair_library(str(root), dry_run=False, exclude=["unsorted", "playlists"])
+    assert scanned == 1
+    assert visited and "Daft Punk" in visited[0]
+
+
 # ---- offline retag-from-path ----
 def test_title_from_filename():
     assert mf._title_from_filename(f"Song [{YT_ID}].opus") == "Song"