Entire Directory redirects not working

Hi, I have entire directories setup to be redirected but it doesn’t work 100% how i was expecting.

If I add an entire directory to the list
ex: site.com/folder > site.com – and that will work
I was expecting all pages that where in that to redirect
ex: site.com/folder/about.html > site.com – wont redirect
ex: site.com/folder/something.html > site.com – wont redirect

Am I supposed to add every file to the list? I have like 200~

Thanks,
Josh

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