# How to exclude certain tagged contacts from campaigns?

**URL:** <https://integration.keap.com/t/how-to-exclude-certain-tagged-contacts-from-campaigns/69343>\
**Category:** Max Classic\
**Tags:** campaign-builder\
**Created:** [June 25, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/how-to-exclude-certain-tagged-contacts-from-campaigns/69343 "2019-06-25T21:40:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Flores](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@Kevin\_Flores](https://integration.keap.com/u/Kevin_Flores)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/how-to-exclude-certain-tagged-contacts-from-campaigns/69343/1 "2019-06-25T21:40:24Z")

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I am trying to create a campaign targeted at everyone in my contacts except certain people tagged by ‘attended once’.

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**Author:** ![John\_Borelli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/john_borelli/32/11880_2.png) [@John\_Borelli](https://integration.keap.com/u/John_Borelli)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/how-to-exclude-certain-tagged-contacts-from-campaigns/69343/2 "2019-06-25T23:41:42Z")

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I wouldn’t use that approach as it would be very difficult. Can you apply a second tag that indicates the ones that don’t get the first? Then that tag (the second one) can then be used to enter them into the campaign (which would be the ones without the first tag)

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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Flores](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@Kevin\_Flores](https://integration.keap.com/u/Kevin_Flores)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/how-to-exclude-certain-tagged-contacts-from-campaigns/69343/3 "2019-06-26T14:34:06Z")

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Wait so there is not any logical ‘not’ function in the process building?  
I did this exact process on Property Base where I used the following logic.  
_For all contacts, if they are not yet emailed send email campaign_  
Where the contacts were tagged ‘already emailed’, and the rest had no tag.

Is there no way to doing this in Infusionsoft?

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**Author:** ![John\_Borelli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/john_borelli/32/11880_2.png) [@John\_Borelli](https://integration.keap.com/u/John_Borelli)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/how-to-exclude-certain-tagged-contacts-from-campaigns/69343/4 "2019-06-28T15:48:34Z")

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The “not function” is to apply a tag to those that are NOT in the first case 😜

It’s the same logical process but just isn’t packaged where you are expecting it to be…it will work exactly the same logically.

It’s best to avoid comparing one product to the next especially when they are not designed to be the same thing… out company did this starting out and it created difficulties at meetings as we were to set in the ways we thought things should be to see the ways they worked. properly.