Add ability to grab entries NOT related to category

[millman2394]

I'm in a situation where it would be very helpful to exclude entries that are NOT part of a specific category. Instead, the only solutions are to do some convoluted array methods

[brandonkelly]

In the meantime you can do this:

{# Get all the IDs of entries that are related to the category #}
{% set excludedEntryIds = craft.entries()
    .relatedTo(myCategory)
    .ids() %}

{# Get all the entries, except for those #}
{% set entries = craft.entries()
    .id(excludedEntryIds ? ['not']|merge(excludedEntryIds) : null)
    .all() %}

[arifje]

Is this possible now?

[brandonkelly]

Only via the last suggestion.

[mofman]

Adding interest to this discussion, would be very useful.

[ejaedesign]

Yup, just came across the same situation. Brandon's answer works well, however.

[brandonkelly]

notRelatedTo + andNotRelatedTo element query params, plus a corresponding notRelatedTo GraphQL argument and “Not Related To” element condition rule, are all coming in Craft 5.4. (#15496)

[brandonkelly]

Craft 4.12.0 and 5.4.0 are out with those changes.

[ejaedesign]

This is awesome. Thanks @brandonkelly !!