Why exclude visits?
- Exclude your own visits - Don’t count your own testing and development
- Exclude internal traffic - Don’t count visits from your team
- Exclude test environments - Exclude staging or development sites
- Exclude specific pages - Exclude admin pages or internal tools
Exclude your IP
- Go to your website settings in the dashboard
- Click “Settings” → “Exclusions”
- Add your IP address to the “Excluded IPs” list
- Click “Save”
Exclude countries
Exclude entire countries from your analytics:- Go to “Settings” → “Exclusions”
- Add countries to the “Excluded Countries” list
- Click “Save”
Exclude hostnames
Exclude specific hostnames (subdomains):- Go to “Settings” → “Exclusions”
- Add hostnames to the “Excluded Hostnames” list
- Example:
admin.example.com,staging.example.com
- Example:
- Click “Save”
Exclude paths
Exclude specific URL paths:- Go to “Settings” → “Exclusions”
- Add paths to the “Excluded Paths” list
- Example:
/admin,/wp-admin,/api
- Example:
- Click “Save”
Multiple exclusions
You can combine multiple exclusion rules:- Exclude IP
1.2.3.4AND countryUSAND path/admin - All conditions must match for a visit to be excluded
View excluded visits
Excluded visits are not stored in your database, so they won’t appear in your analytics at all.Best practices
- Exclude your IP - Always exclude your own IP address
- Exclude test environments - Exclude staging and development sites
- Exclude admin pages - Exclude internal admin interfaces
- Review regularly - Review your exclusion rules periodically
Next steps
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