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title: "Metadata filters and document permissions"
description: "How can you exclude unauthorized documents from retrieval and answers?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T56.07/"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you exclude unauthorized documents from retrieval and answers?

## What we will work through

Exclude unauthorized documents from retrieval and answers.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Hybrid search; RBAC: roles and permissions.

- [Hybrid search](/en/articles/topics/T56.05/)
- [RBAC: roles and permissions](/en/articles/topics/T07.01/)