diff --git a/.yapfignore b/.yapfignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98f874a5f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yapfignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+runtime/3rdparty/**/*
+tests/nnapi/nnapi_test_generator/**/*
+tests/nnapi/specs/**/*
diff --git a/compiler/ann-api/include/.FORMATDENY b/compiler/ann-api/include/.FORMATDENY
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/compiler/ann-api/include/.clang-format b/compiler/ann-api/include/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3845288a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/ann-api/include/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/compiler/ann-ref/.FORMATDENY b/compiler/ann-ref/.FORMATDENY
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/compiler/ann-ref/.clang-format b/compiler/ann-ref/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3845288a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/ann-ref/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/infra/command/format b/infra/command/format
index 7255360ff13..2e8338cf486 100644
--- a/infra/command/format
+++ b/infra/command/format
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 INVALID_EXIT=0
 FILES_TO_CHECK=()
 DIRECTORIES_TO_BE_TESTED=()
-DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED=()
 DEFAULT_CLANG_VERSION="16"
 CLANG_FORMAT_CANDIDATE=clang-format-$DEFAULT_CLANG_VERSION
 PATCH_FILE=format.patch
@@ -124,16 +123,9 @@ function check_cpp_files() {
 
   # Check c++ files: replace ' ' with newline, check with grep
   FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP=`echo "$FILES_TO_CHECK" | tr ' ' '\n' | egrep '((\.c[cl]?)|(\.cpp)|(\.h(pp)?))$'`
-  # Manually ignore style checking
-  FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP=`echo "$FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP" | egrep -v '((/NeuralNetworks\.h)|(/NeuralNetworksExtensions\.h))$'`
   # Transform to array
   FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP=($FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP)
 
-  # Skip by '.FORMATDENY' file
-  for s in ${DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED[@]}; do
-    FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP=(${FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP[*]/$s*/})
-  done
-
   if [[ ${#FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP} -ne 0 ]]; then
     ${CLANG_FORMAT} -i ${FILES_TO_CHECK_CPP[@]}
     EXIT_CODE=$?
@@ -166,11 +158,6 @@ function check_python_files() {
   # Exceptional case: fm-equalize doesn't have '.py' extension.
   FILES_TO_CHECK_PYTHON+=(`echo "$FILES_TO_CHECK" | tr ' ' '\n' | egrep '^compiler/fm-equalize/fm-equalize$'`)
 
-  for s in ${DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED[@]}; do
-    skip=${s#'.'/}/
-    FILES_TO_CHECK_PYTHON=(${FILES_TO_CHECK_PYTHON[*]/$skip*/})
-  done
-
   if [[ ${#FILES_TO_CHECK_PYTHON} -ne 0 ]]; then
     yapf -i ${FILES_TO_CHECK_PYTHON[@]}
     EXIT_CODE=$?
@@ -215,10 +202,6 @@ if [[ "${CHECK_DIFF_ONLY}" = "1" ]]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-for DIR_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED in $(git ls-files -co --exclude-standard '*/.FORMATDENY'); do
-  DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED+=($(dirname "${DIR_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED}"))
-done
-
 check_newline
 check_permission
 check_cpp_files
diff --git a/infra/nnfw/command/copyright-check b/infra/nnfw/command/copyright-check
index b5e133f8275..2da4c8d8ed3 100644
--- a/infra/nnfw/command/copyright-check
+++ b/infra/nnfw/command/copyright-check
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ check_copyright() {
   FILES_TO_CHECK=$(git ls-files -c --exclude-standard)
   FILES_TO_CHECK_COPYRIGHTS=()
   for f in ${FILES_TO_CHECK[@]}; do
-    # Manually ignore checking
-    if [[ ${f} == +(*/NeuralNetworks.h|*/NeuralNetworksExtensions.h) ]]; then
-      continue
-    fi
-
     # File extension to check
     if [[ ${f} == +(*.h|*.hpp|*.cpp|*.cc|*.c|*.cl) ]]; then
       FILES_TO_CHECK_COPYRIGHTS+=("${f}")
@@ -36,12 +31,13 @@ check_copyright() {
   fi
 }
 
-DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED=()
-
-for DIR_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED in $(git ls-files -co --exclude-standard '*/.FORMATDENY'); do
-    DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED+=("$DIR_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED")
-  DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED+=($(dirname "${DIR_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED}"))
-done
+# Manually ignore checking - 3rd party, generated files
+DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED=(
+  compiler/ann-api
+  onert-micro/externals
+  runtime/3rdparty
+  tests/nnapi
+)
 
 check_copyright $DIRECTORIES_NOT_TO_BE_TESTED
 
diff --git a/onert-micro/externals/.FORMATDENY b/onert-micro/externals/.FORMATDENY
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/onert-micro/externals/.clang-format b/onert-micro/externals/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3845288a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/onert-micro/externals/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/runtime/3rdparty/.FORMATDENY b/runtime/3rdparty/.FORMATDENY
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/runtime/3rdparty/.clang-format b/runtime/3rdparty/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3845288a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/3rdparty/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/tests/nnapi/bridge/include/.clang-format b/tests/nnapi/bridge/include/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3845288a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nnapi/bridge/include/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/tests/nnapi/src/.FORMATDENY b/tests/nnapi/src/.FORMATDENY
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/tests/nnapi/src/.clang-format b/tests/nnapi/src/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3845288a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nnapi/src/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DisableFormat: true