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# Exclusion Lists

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Contacts added to an exclusion list are permanently suppressed system wide from all of your lists
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Exclusion lists are found in a tab under under contacts -> suppression in the site navigation

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Exclusion lists can not be created or deleted, they exist before time
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Use the Actions button on an exclusion list to permanently ban contacts from your account

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**Block hostile domains**

Ban all contacts from an entire domain by using the Domains exclusion Action button
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Use domain exclusion to block competitors, spies, bots, malware, malicious signups, common typo domains, etc
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