Exclude tag(s) from “group by” command

[pjlewisuk]

Hi,

I’m trying to build an automated reading list in obsidian, whereby anything I tag with “#toRead” is discovered by the reading list. I then also add other tags relevant to the topic or project that the reading item is relevant to, e.g. “#topic1”, “#topic2”, “#project1”.

When I search for all non completed tasks tagged with “#toRead” I then group by tags, but I’d like to exclude the “#toRead” tag itself as this is just a list of everything on the list, and adds no value.

I want to maintain the “#toRead” tag so that I can note down things as I find the, wherever I am please e.g. in a daily not, a project note, or elsewhere, and then have the master “reading list” find everything for me when I want/have time to actually read these things!

Here is my tasks query so far, can anyone suggest if it’s possible to exclude a tag from “group by” in the way I’d like, or an alternative way to achieve this?

```tasks
not done
description does not include ""
description includes #toRead  
group by tags

[claremacrae]

Hi @pjlewisuk

Thanks for using Tasks.

This isn't possible, I'm afraid - I put in a feature request similar to this: #958

It's only got two votes so far. Feel free to up-vote it.

But I realise now that you are asking to exclude tags from groups, rather only include certain tags.

I'll add a note to that one, linking to this.