How to Exclude one or multiple objects from Django Queryset

The exclude() method filter the objects that do not match the given lookup parameters and return a new queryset.

Before using exclude(), let's create a simple model, then add some records.

In models.py:

class Topics(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    content = models.TextField()
    
    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

Adding records:

Exclude one object from Queryset

Syntax:

.exclude(field_name="something")

Let's exclude from our model.

In view.py:

def exclude(request):
    topics = Topics.objects.exclude(title="lorem 2")
    #print QuerySet
    print(topics)

    return HttpResponse(topics)

return all objects except that match title="lorem 2".

output:

<QuerySet [<Topics: lorem 1>, <Topics: lorem 3>]>

Exclude multiple objects from Queryset

To exclude multiple objects, we'll use in filter with the exclude() method.

In view.py:

def exclude(request):
    excludes = ['lorem 2', 'lorem 3']
    topics = Topics.objects.exclude(title__in=excludes)
    #print QuerySet
    print(topics)

    return HttpResponse(topics)

output:

<QuerySet [<Topics: lorem 1>]>