Filter posts as they arrive
Drop, mark read or flag a post by what its title, link, summary or author says.
Available on the Paid and Premium plans.
A filter reads one part of each arriving post, looks for a piece of text, and decides what happens to the post. It reads like a sentence: when the title of a post contains "Sponsored", drop it.
Add a filter
Open Filters
Open Settings → Filters.
Write the sentence
Under Add a filter, choose the Part of the post (title, link, summary or author), the Text to look for (up to 100 characters), and What happens to it.
Choose where it applies
In Where it applies, keep Every feed you follow or pick one feed.
Add it
Press Add filter. It acts on what arrives from now on.
What a filter can do
| Action | What happens to the post |
|---|---|
| Drop | It never reaches your queue. |
| Mark it read | It arrives already read, so Unread skips it. |
| Flag | It arrives marked Flagged, so it stands out in the list. |
Preview before you add
Press Preview while writing a filter to see which of your newest posts it would have caught. If those are the posts you meant, press Apply to the … posts above to act on them now as well. If it matches every post, check the part of the post and the spelling before adding it.
Change or delete a filter
Every filter is listed on the Filters page with how many posts it has decided and when it last matched. Change it and press Save changes, or press Delete filter. Deleting a filter removes no post.
Questions
How many filters can I have?
50 on Paid and 200 on Premium. Free has no filters.
Does a filter change posts I already have?
No. Filters act on what arrives from now on. The preview can apply one to recent posts if you ask it to.
What happens to my filters if I move to Free?
They stay where they are and stop running. Nothing you follow or have read changes.