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# Exclude Audience Segments

> Exclude audience segments (remarketing lists, affinity, in-market, life events, detailed demographics, custom audiences, and combined audiences) at the campaign or ad group level to prevent ads fro...

Exclude audience segments (remarketing lists, affinity, in-market, life events, detailed demographics, custom audiences, and combined audiences) at the campaign or ad group level to prevent ads from showing to those audiences. Use the `gads_list_audience_segments` node to find segment resource names. Note: this operation doesn't work with PMax and Demand Gen campaigns.

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| - | - |
| **App** | Google Ads |
| **Operation ID** | `gads_exclude_audience_segments` |
| **Type** | Action |
| **Connection** | `gads` (required) |
| **Credits per run** | 1 |
| **Agent / MCP tool** | Yes |
| **Requires approval** | Yes (write operation) |

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `account` | GadsAccountItem or object or array of object or string or integer | Yes | - | Select the Google Ads account, ask user for it if not provided |
| `level` | string or SelectableOption | Yes | - | Level to apply audience exclusion: 'CAMPAIGN' or 'AD\_GROUP' |
| `campaign_id` | string or SelectItem | No | - | Select the campaign (required when level is CAMPAIGN) |
| `ad_group_id` | string or SelectItem | No | - | Select the ad group (required when level is AD\_GROUP) |
| `action` | string or SelectableOption | Yes | - | Action to perform: 'EXCLUDE' adds negative audience criteria to prevent ads from showing to these audiences, 'REMOVE\_EXCLUSION' removes existing negative audience criteria. |
| `user_lists` | array of string or SelectableOption | No | - | User lists to exclude/un-exclude. Accepts either resource names (e.g., 'customers/\{customer\_id}/userLists/\{user\_list\_id}') or raw user\_list\_id values. |
| `affinity_segments` | array of string or SelectableOption | No | - | Affinity segments to exclude/un-exclude. Accepts either resource names (e.g., 'customers/\{customer\_id}/userInterests/\{user\_interest\_id}') or raw user\_interest\_id values. |
| `in_market_segments` | array of string or SelectableOption | No | - | In-market segments to exclude/un-exclude. Accepts either resource names (e.g., 'customers/\{customer\_id}/userInterests/\{user\_interest\_id}') or raw user\_interest\_id values. |
| `life_event_segments` | array of string or SelectableOption | No | - | Life event resource names (e.g., 'customers/\{customer\_id}/lifeEvents/\{life\_event\_id}') or numeric life\_event\_id values. |
| `detailed_demographics` | array of string or SelectableOption | No | - | Detailed demographic resource names (e.g., 'customers/\{customer\_id}/detailedDemographics/\{detailed\_demographic\_id}') or numeric extended\_demographic\_id values. |
| `custom_audiences` | array of string or SelectableOption | No | - | Custom audiences to exclude/un-exclude. Accepts either resource names (e.g., 'customers/\{customer\_id}/customAudiences/\{custom\_audience\_id}') or raw custom\_audience\_id values. |
| `combined_audiences` | array of string or SelectableOption | No | - | Combined audiences to exclude/un-exclude. Accepts either resource names (e.g., 'customers/\{customer\_id}/combinedAudiences/\{combined\_audience\_id}') or raw combined\_audience\_id values. |

### GadsAccountItem

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `value` | string | Yes | - | |
| `label` | string | Yes | - | |
| `managerId` | string | Yes | - | The manager ID for the Google Ads account. Ask  user to use the dropdown to select accounts, this manager id is selected background and not shown to the user. |

### SelectItem

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `value` | string | Yes | - | The value of the selectable item. |
| `label` | string | Yes | - | The label of the selectable item, used for display purposes. If not provided, defaults to the value. |

### SelectableOption

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| `value` | string | Yes | - | |
| `label` | string | Yes | - | |

## Output

**Type**: `Dict`

Returns audience segment exclusion operation results.

**Fields**: `segments_modified`, `level`, `action`, `campaign_id`, `ad_group_id`


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