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title: "How can you properly negate in the filter engine?"
slug: "how-can-you-properly-negate-in-the-filter-engine"
updated: 2024-03-15T13:09:01Z
published: 2024-03-15T13:09:01Z
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# How can you properly negate in the filter engine?

There are two variants:

You can negate the container by selecting "which do not contain". The predicate filter setting must then be set to "equal".

**Example:** Negating a container

![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/fd78d629-9825-406a-8d97-0766b48fe819.png)

It is also possible to change the predicate of the filter setting to "not equal". The setting of the container has to be set to "which contain".

**Example:** Negating a filter

![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/05cb9db7-c12a-4985-a474-e21f64df6638.png)

The result is the same for both filter variants.

> Negating the container is not possible in Auto-Scope.

For more detailed use cases, please read the corresponding training chapter [Segmentation and Filter Options](/v1/docs/user-interface-13-segmentation-and-filter-options) at "Negating Containers and Filters".