# Exclude models from your run

### Excluding models

dbt provides an `--exclude` flag with the same semantics as `--select`. Models specified with the `--exclude` flag will be removed from the set of models selected with `--select`.

```bash
dbt run --select "my_package".*+ --exclude "my_package.a_big_model+"    # select all models in my_package and their children except a_big_model and its children
```

Exclude a specific resource by its name or lineage:

```bash
# test
dbt test --exclude "not_null_orders_order_id"   # test all models except the not_null_orders_order_id test
dbt test --exclude "orders"                     # test all models except tests associated with the orders model

# seed
dbt seed --exclude "account_parent_mappings"    # load all seeds except account_parent_mappings

# snapshot
dbt snapshot --exclude "snap_order_statuses"    # execute all snapshots except snap_order_statuses
```

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