# Exclude results using controls

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-results-using-controls/264787
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-results-using-controls/264787 "2021-02-19T05:03:12Z")
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### Author: ![vikramnr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikramnr/32/66065_2.png) [@vikramnr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikramnr)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-results-using-controls/264787/1 "2021-02-19T05:03:12Z")

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Is there way to exclude results using Controls visualisation, similar to what we do manually with filter?

Like the below NOT filter using controls

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/c/3c5ad521b9f9b39e4d4ca5550a029c1b0770276c.png)

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### Author: ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-results-using-controls/264787/2 "2021-02-23T14:35:27Z")

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hi @vikramnr , that's not possible. It woudl be a two-step process.

- Use the control to generate the filter
- and then invert the filters to "exclude results"

I would log a feature request: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new/choose](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new/choose)

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### Author: ![vikramnr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikramnr/32/66065_2.png) [@vikramnr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikramnr)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-results-using-controls/264787/3 "2021-02-26T06:44:20Z")

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Thanks opened issue @[Exclude results using controls · Issue #92955 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/92955)

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-results-using-controls/264787/4 "2021-03-26T06:44:26Z")

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