# How do I avoid exporting the same leads twice?

**Split your search before you export, so no lead lands in two exports.** Evaboot removes duplicates within one export, but not across exports. A lead exported twice is charged twice.

![Save the leads to a list, exclude the list in the Workflow filters, and they are left out of your search results. A lead exported twice is charged twice](https://help.evaboot.com/images/illustrations/exclude-list.png)

On Sales Navigator **Advanced** or **Advanced Plus**, you can also exclude a list of leads from your searches.

## Split the search first

- **Plan the split before the first export.** Each chunk is then exported once.
- **Split by filter, never by page.** Sales Navigator reorders results between sessions, so page-based batches overlap.

See [How Do I Export a Search With More Than 2,500 Leads?](https://help.evaboot.com/public/data-export/how-to-split-my-search-when-i-have-more-than-2500-leads-1000-accounts/).

## Exclude a list (Advanced and Advanced Plus only)

Excluding a lead or account list needs Sales Navigator Advanced or Advanced Plus. You can exclude:

- Previously exported leads
- Current clients
- Competitors

### Create the exclusion list

1. **Tick the checkboxes** next to the leads or accounts, then click **Save to list** and the **+** button to create the list that will hold what you want excluded from your next searches.

![A Sales Navigator lead search with a page of leads selected, the Save to list button and the + button to create a new list highlighted](https://help.evaboot.com/images/9887751/img-1.png)

2. **Repeat on every page.** Sales Navigator selects 25 leads per page and you can't select the whole search at once, so save each page to the list.

![Selected leads being saved to the list, with the pagination bar highlighted and a reminder to repeat the operation for all pages](https://help.evaboot.com/images/9887751/img-2.png)

### Exclude the list from search results

3. **In your search, open the Workflow filters**, expand **Lead lists** (or **Account lists** for accounts), and click **Exclude** next to your list.

![The Workflow filter section with Lead lists expanded and the Exclude option highlighted next to a list](https://help.evaboot.com/images/9887751/img-3.png)

All leads or accounts in the list are now left out of your search results.

![A lead search with an excluded lead list and an excluded account list applied in the Workflow filters](https://help.evaboot.com/images/9887751/img-4.png)

## Related articles

- [Can I Choose How Many Leads to Export?](https://help.evaboot.com/public/best-practices/how-to-export-a-chunk-of-my-search/)
- [How Do I Export a Search With More Than 2,500 Leads?](https://help.evaboot.com/public/data-export/how-to-split-my-search-when-i-have-more-than-2500-leads-1000-accounts/)
- [How to Find Decision Makers in a Company with Sales Navigator?](https://help.evaboot.com/public/best-practices/how-to-find-decision-makers-in-a-company-with-sales-navigator/)