{"id":1118236,"date":"2026-10-02T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/?p=1118236"},"modified":"2026-10-02T05:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:57:02","slug":"respondent-exclusions-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/respondent-exclusions-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Respondent Exclusions: What They Are &amp; Why You Need Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">How to exclude completed respondents in QuestionPro Audience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What happens when the same people complete every tracking wave?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Respondent exclusions help you keep unique respondents across related Audience projects. A research operations manager is setting up the next wave of a tracking study. The survey is ready. The country and response target are set. Then one question remains: will people who already completed the last wave be invited again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If they are, the new project is no longer a fresh sample. The earlier project stays the same. The new project is the one that loses uniqueness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is the moment Respondent exclusions is built for. Not after launch. During Specialized Sample setup, before the current project goes live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why unique respondents matter in brand health studies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brand health studies, campaign measurement, and other tracking work depend on each new project using fresh respondents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the same people complete related projects, two problems follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The new sample is no longer independent of the earlier wave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The team has to explain overlap after fieldwork instead of preventing it during setup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Respondent exclusions is for research that needs that control before launch. It is available on Specialized Sample projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why QuestionPro Audience added respondent exclusions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Research teams already knew they needed unique respondents. The missing piece was a place in project setup to select earlier Audience projects whose completed respondents should not be invited again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The product decision was to add Respondent exclusions to Project specifications, keep the list editable only while the current project is a draft, and apply the exclusion when the current project launches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The platform can exclude people who completed a selected project. The researcher still chooses which earlier projects to include.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are respondent exclusions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Respondent exclusions is a QuestionPro Audience feature that keeps respondents unique across related Specialized Sample projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You select earlier projects whose completed respondents should not be invited to the current project. The exclusion works in one direction. If Project A is selected while creating Project B, people who completed Project A are excluded from Project B. Project A is not changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It does not change a live source project. It does not apply to a project type other than Specialized Sample. It does not stay editable after the current project is launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to exclude completed respondents from a new project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Respondent exclusions sits in Project specifications on a Specialized Sample create or edit form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Create a new Specialized Sample project, or edit a project that has not been launched.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to Project specifications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open Respondent exclusions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use Search projects to find an earlier project by name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select each project whose completed respondents you want to exclude. The list shows the project name and project ID so projects with similar names are easy to identify.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finish the project setup and launch the project.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which projects appear in the exclusion list?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can select up to 50 projects. Only projects that have already been launched and are Live, Paused, or Closed appear in the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens after the current project launches?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When the current project is launched, respondents who completed any selected project during the previous 90 days are excluded from the current project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you change respondent exclusions after launch?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can change the selection while the project is still a draft. After the project is launched, the selection cannot be changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the Project details page to review the list. Under Launch criteria &amp; audience configuration, the Respondent exclusions card shows the selected projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do respondent exclusions work with multi-country projects?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A multi-country parent project does not appear in the selection list because it does not collect responses itself. Select the launched country project whose completed respondents you want to exclude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you add exclusions to a new multi-country project, the exclusions are applied to its launched country projects where the sample provider matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How respondent exclusions work in a campaign measurement study<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A research team is preparing a post-campaign Specialized Sample project. A pre-campaign project is already launched and is Live, Paused, or Closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without Respondent exclusions, people who completed the pre-campaign project could be invited to the post-campaign project. With Search projects, the team selects the pre-campaign project, reviews it on the Project details page, and launches the new project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After launch, people who completed the selected project in the previous 90 days are excluded from the new project. The pre-campaign project is unchanged. This is a planning scenario, not a promised field result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What comes next after you set respondent exclusions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Respondent exclusions is the setup control for unique respondents in QuestionPro Audience Specialized Sample projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use it when the next project should not invite people who already completed a related study. If you need to change the list, do that before launch. If the source project is a multi-country parent, select the launched country project instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roadmap details beyond the current Specialized Sample workflow are to be confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"banner-section wf-section\" lang=\"\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"right-column-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bannerbg white\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"h1-2\">Create memorable experiences based on real-time data, insights and advanced analysis.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#userliteForm\" data-toggle=\"modal\" class=\"button w-button\">Request Demo<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"userlite-modal modal fade\" id=\"userliteForm\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"material-icons\">close<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contact-us-form-wrapper contact-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"userlite-form-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/userlite-form-blog-en.html?product=Workforce&amp;referralurl=https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118236&amp;lang=en&amp;cat=audience\" style=\"display: block;\" ><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"demo-form-wrapper success-message-div\" style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"success-message-para\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Respondent exclusions: common questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1790937320921\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What are respondent exclusions?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Respondent exclusions help you keep unique respondents across related Audience projects by selecting earlier projects whose completed respondents should not be invited to the current project.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1790937339227\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Do I have to use respondent exclusions?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">No. The setting is optional. 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