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# How can I prevent certain products from being published when Auto Publish is enabled?

If Auto Publish is enabled, Stock Sync will publish all products that meet the feed's criteria. To prevent specific products from being published, you must apply filters in **Step 3: Filter Products** of your feed. 

Use filters to exclude products based on identifiers such as SKU, tags, collections, vendor, or any data column in your feed. Any product excluded by your filters will not be auto‑published, even if Auto Publish is turned on.

If a product should stay in Draft or Archived status, ensure it is filtered out so the feed does not update or publish it during sync.