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![PostHog Property Filter](../images/tutorials/property-filter/property-filter-tutorial-2.png)

## The full list of GeoIP properties

...at time of writing are

* $geoip_city_name
* $geoip_country_name
* $geoip_country_code
* $geoip_continent_name
* $geoip_continent_code
* $geoip_postal_code
* $geoip_latitude
* $geoip_longitude
* $geoip_time_zone
* $geoip_subdivision_1_name
* $geoip_subdivision_1_code
* $geoip_subdivision_2_name
* $geoip_subdivision_2_code
* $geoip_subdivision_3_code
* $geoip_subdivision_3_name

You can [check the current list in the source code for the app.](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-plugin-geoip)

## Event and Person properties

The GeoIP app sets [person properties using `$set` and `$set_once`](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate/user-properties). If you want to drop those properties prefix the geoip property name with either `$set` or `$set_once`.

For example to ensure `$geoip_cityname` is _never_ stored on either events or persons you would configure:

* $geoip_city_name (the event property)
* $set.$geoip_city_name (the person proprty)
* $set_once.$initial_geoip_city_name (the initial and never updated person property)

## A working example
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.. since you're at it, can we also add removing a $set person property?

So we can avoid this in the future: PostHog/posthog-plugin-geoip#19

Basically, $set.$geoip_city_name removes the city name from $set properties.

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I think I've got that 🙈

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lovely, thanks!


Below is the full configuration Witty Works uses to filter out unwanted data before it is written to PostHog's event log:

```$geoip_city_name,$geoip_longitude,$geoip_latitude,$ip,$geoip_postal_code,$current_url,$performance_raw,$referrer,$initial_referrer,$pathname```
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