# Filter By Missing References

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/filter-by-missing-references/3411>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 20, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/filter-by-missing-references/3411 "2024-08-20T20:23:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_S](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/alan_s/32/598_2.png) [@Alan\_S](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Alan_S)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/filter-by-missing-references/3411/1 "2024-08-20T20:23:41Z")

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### Description

Hi Support Team,

I have seen a lot of documentation on filtering by a reference. However, I do not see anything on how to filter for objects that do not have a reference. I am trying to do a fetch\_objects query and only return objects that do not have a specific reference established at the object level. Any links or code snippets are much appreciated. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Dirk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dirk/32/46_2.png) [@Dirk](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Dirk)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/filter-by-missing-references/3411/2 "2024-08-21T06:52:28Z")

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Hi, please have a look here: [Conditional filters | Weaviate - Vector Database](https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/api/graphql/filters#by-count-of-reference)