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# Compression Rules examples

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[**Disable Brotli compression**Create a compression rule to turn off Brotli compression for all incoming requests of a given zone.](https://sm-rtk-allowlist-page.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/disable-all-brotli/)

[**Disable compression for AVIF images**Create a compression rule to turn off compression for AVIF images, based on either the content type or the file extension specified in the request.](https://sm-rtk-allowlist-page.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/disable-compression-avif/)

[**Enable Zstandard compression for default content types**Create a compression rule to turn on Zstandard compression for response content types where Cloudflare applies compression by default.](https://sm-rtk-allowlist-page.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/enable-zstandard/)

[**Use Gzip compression for CSV files**Create a compression rule to set Gzip compression as the preferred compression method for CSV files.](https://sm-rtk-allowlist-page.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/gzip-for-csv/)

[**Use only Brotli compression for a specific path**Create a compression rule to set Brotli as the only supported compression algorithm for a specific URI path.](https://sm-rtk-allowlist-page.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/only-brotli-url-path/)

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