# Exclude a specific database from search

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/exclude-a-specific-database-from-search/82177>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [February 13, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/exclude-a-specific-database-from-search/82177 "2025-02-13T10:51:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![moppo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@moppo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/moppo)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/exclude-a-specific-database-from-search/82177/1 "2025-02-13T10:51:47Z")

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I don’t see the option to exclude the database from a search.

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**Author:** ![chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/chrillek/32/29340_2.png) [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/exclude-a-specific-database-from-search/82177/2 "2025-02-13T11:12:40Z")

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The fourth hit with “exclude database search”:

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