# Custom study not working?

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/custom-study-not-working/7604 "2021-02-18T07:49:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/custom-study-not-working/7604/6 "2021-02-20T23:41:45Z")

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You don’t need to explicitly exclude tags you’re not interested in, unless they overlap with the tags you are interested in. Have you tried just listing the tags you’re interested in and leaving the exclude section unselected?

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