diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index a5274db..9a6bca8 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -7,25 +7,30 @@ inputs:
   gradle-executable:
     description: Path to the Gradle executable
     required: false
+
   gradle-version:
     description: Gradle version to use
     required: false
+
   build-root-directory:
     description: Path to the root directory of the build
     required: false
+
   arguments:
     description: Gradle command line arguments (supports multi-line input)
     required: false
+
   cache-disabled:
     description: When 'true', all caching is disabled. No entries will be written to or read from the cache.
     required: false
     default: false
+
   cache-read-only:
     description: When 'true', existing entries will be read from the cache but no entries will be written
     required: false
     # TODO: It might be useful to default to read-only for PRs, or non-main branch.
     default: false 
-  
+
 
   # EXPERIMENTAL & INTERNAL CONFIGURATION PROPERTIES
   # The following action properties allow fine-grained tweaking of the action caching behaviour.
@@ -35,11 +40,20 @@ inputs:
     description: Used to uniquely identify the current job invocation. Defaults to the matrix values for this job; this should not be overridden by users (INTERNAL).
     required: false
     default: ${{ toJSON(matrix) }}
+
   cache-paths:
     description: Paths in Gradle User Home to cache. (EXPERIMENTAL - may be changed/removed without notice)
     required: false
     default: |
         ["caches", "notifications"]
+
+  cache-exclude-paths:
+    description: Paths in Gradle User Home to exclude from cache. (EXPERIMENTAL - may be changed/removed without notice)
+    required: false
+    # eg ["caches/build-cache-1"] will prevent the local build cache from being saved/restored. 
+    default: |
+        [] 
+
   cache-artifact-bundles:
     description: Names and patterns of artifact bundles to cache separately. (EXPERIMENTAL - may be changed/removed without notice)
     required: false
diff --git a/src/cache-gradle-user-home.ts b/src/cache-gradle-user-home.ts
index cb6485a..3ebbf4e 100644
--- a/src/cache-gradle-user-home.ts
+++ b/src/cache-gradle-user-home.ts
@@ -74,12 +74,27 @@ export class GradleUserHomeCache extends AbstractCache {
 
     async beforeSave(): Promise<void> {
         await this.reportGradleUserHomeSize('before saving common artifacts')
+        this.removeExcludedPaths()
         await this.saveArtifactBundles()
         await this.reportGradleUserHomeSize(
-            'after saving common artifacts (./wrapper dir is not cached)'
+            "after saving common artifacts (only 'caches' and 'notifications' will be stored)"
         )
     }
 
+    private removeExcludedPaths(): void {
+        const rawPaths: string[] = JSON.parse(
+            core.getInput('cache-exclude-paths')
+        )
+        const resolvedPaths = rawPaths.map(x =>
+            path.resolve(this.gradleUserHome, x)
+        )
+
+        for (const p of resolvedPaths) {
+            this.debug(`Deleting excluded path: ${p}`)
+            tryDelete(p)
+        }
+    }
+
     private async saveArtifactBundles(): Promise<void> {
         const processes: Promise<void>[] = []
         for (const [bundle, pattern] of this.getArtifactBundles()) {
@@ -177,9 +192,7 @@ export class GradleUserHomeCache extends AbstractCache {
     private resolveCachePath(rawPath: string): string {
         if (rawPath.startsWith('!')) {
             const resolved = this.resolveCachePath(rawPath.substring(1))
-            const negated = `!${resolved}`
-            this.debug(`Negate cache path: ${negated}`)
-            return negated
+            return `!${resolved}`
         }
         return path.resolve(this.gradleUserHome, rawPath)
     }