# Exclude some words with query in timelion
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-some-words-with-query-in-timelion/148725
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** timelion
**Created:** [September 15, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-some-words-with-query-in-timelion/148725 "2018-09-15T22:04:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Gosforth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gosforth)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-some-words-with-query-in-timelion/148725/1 "2018-09-15T22:04:33Z")
How can I exclude some docs in timelion syntax?
I want 3 first managers but not John Doe (even if he is in top 3)
`.es(index=some_index*, timefield=order_date, split=account_manager.keyword:3, q="NOT account_manager.keyword:John Doe")`
The syntax above does something opposite than it suppose to - it removes others and display only John Doe.
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### Author:  [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-some-words-with-query-in-timelion/148725/2 "2018-09-19T16:38:59Z")
You're going to want to use [query string](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html) syntax:
`q='!account_manager.keyword:"John Doe"'`
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### Author:  [@Gosforth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gosforth)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-some-words-with-query-in-timelion/148725/3 "2018-09-19T18:43:29Z")
> [@lukas](#):
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> q='!account\_manager.keyword:"John Doe"'
Thank you very much!
" The familiar boolean operators `AND` , `OR` and `NOT` (also written `&&` , `||` and `!` ) are also supported" so 'NOT' should work... but it does not.
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### Author:  [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-some-words-with-query-in-timelion/148725/4 "2018-09-19T21:07:44Z")
I think what was actually wrong was that you hadn't quoted John Doe. The following would probably also work:
`q='NOT account_manager.keyword:"John Doe"'`
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-some-words-with-query-in-timelion/148725/5 "2018-10-17T21:07:47Z")
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