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# excludedTransactionAuthors

An array of strings that identify transaction authors to exclude from the fetch results.

```
var excludedTransactionAuthors: [String]? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Specify authors using the same string(s) that you use in [`CNSaveRequest`](/documentation/Contacts/CNSaveRequest)’s [`transactionAuthor`](/documentation/Contacts/CNSaveRequest/transactionAuthor) to suppress processing changes that you already know about.

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