# Allow to exclude groups in /filter
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/407466
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed, topic-filter
**Created:** [July 13, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/407466 "2026-07-13T15:50:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@andresfromsonar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andresfromsonar)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/407466/1 "2026-07-13T15:50:58Z")
Hey there! I’ve noticed that the `/filter` URL supports excluding threads in which certain users have participated (`-users`) but not to exclude threads in which members of certain groups have participated (there is no `-group`, it doesn’t work). It would be nice to be able to exclude groups this way. I want to use it to have a view of threads in which no members of our “staff” group have participated yet.
Sources: [Filtering topic lists in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-topic-lists-in-discourse/375558)
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/407466/2 "2026-07-14T02:14:43Z")
Seems like a good fit for the patterns we already support, and the use case you shared makes sense to me as well.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/407466/4 "2026-07-14T22:07:27Z")
Thanks for the suggestion! should be a fairly straightforward addition, working on it here
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> Requested here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/4…07466
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> This adds the ability to exclude groups from filter on the \`/filter\` route using \`-group:\` similar to the \`-users:\` exclusion
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/407466/5 "2026-07-15T13:42:35Z")
This has been merged and will be available the next time your site is updated!
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### Author:  [@andresfromsonar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andresfromsonar)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/407466/6 "2026-07-15T14:04:55Z")
That’s great to hear, I’m impressed by the quick turnover! Thanks
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-exclude-groups-in-filter/407466/7 "2026-07-20T12:00:24Z")
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