# Contact Suppression and Exclusion

You can exclude and suppress contacts from receiving a funnel message by selecting suppression lists you've previously uploaded, or by selecting segments or contacts that have had a tag applied to them

{% hint style="info" %}
Any contact that exists in the selections on the suppression tab page will not receive the funnel message
{% endhint %}

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Use the dropdown next to each category to add contacts to suppress

To remove selections you have made, simply click on them as shown in the example below
{% endhint %}

![](https://d2x3xhvgiqkx42.cloudfront.net/e0384b56-4f90-47bf-9077-d8a44f0eb175/2a05d828-eb35-44b0-9b70-bfc4c7204e36/2018/12/17/a2f5b393-44af-442c-9b40-c12952e7c92b.gif)


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