# Excluding criteria in search

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-criteria-in-search/50056>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 13, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-criteria-in-search/50056 "2016-09-13T01:45:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-criteria-in-search/50056/3 "2019-03-30T12:57:30Z")

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This has been implemented, for tags at least:

> [@New search operator "not" for tags only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-search-operator-not/52087/32):
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> @tgxworld Do you mean splitting on -tags: instead of -? So for more complex example: tags:eggs+beacon -tags:lunch,sandwiches it would search for posts with eggs and beacon tags, but without lunch and without sandwiches tags? Then, I think it would be a quick change.

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