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title: "Why can't I exclude items that are incorporated from another project through cross-project referencing?"
description: "If your project incorporates items from another project through cross-project referencing, you can only exclude those items in their home project, which is the project where they were originally sourced from. To exclude an item, navigate to its home project and make the change there."
category: "Frequently Asked Questions"
section: "Software Release Process"
keywords: ["incorporated", "exclude", "cross-project", "referencing", "criteria", "assistant", "filter", "cross"]
source_url: "https://support.ketryx.com/hc/en-us/articles/43088864761997-Why-can-t-I-exclude-items-that-are-incorporated-from-another-project-through-cross-project-referencing"
last_reviewed: 2026-06-11
---

# Why can't I exclude items that are incorporated from another project through cross-project referencing?

If your project **incorporates** items from another project through cross-project referencing, you can **only exclude those items in their home project**, which is the project where they were originally sourced from. To exclude an item, navigate to its home project and make the change there.

To quickly find items in the source project for exclusion, you can use the **Ketryx AI Assistant** to help filter the source project's All Items page by your incorporated filter criteria or any other criteria. Simply describe your filter criteria in natural language and the assistant will design and apply the filter accordingly.

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