How can I block the events that doesn’t count as volume ?

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To block events that don't count towards your event volume in Mixpanel, you can focus on excluding certain types of events from your tracking or leveraging specific features. Here's how you can approach this: 1. Identify exempt events: Certain events are automatically exempt from Monthly Events calculations. These include: - Identify (create_alias) - Merge (opt_in) - Session Recording Checkpoint ($mp_session_record) - User profile creation/updates How Mixpanel Pricing Works2. Use Lexicon to hide events: While hiding events doesn't stop their ingestion or impact on your event volume, it can help declutter your UI and prevent accidental usage of these events in reports. Hiding Data3. Drop events: For events that you no longer want to track or that are consuming your event volume unnecessarily, you can use Lexicon to drop these events. This will prevent them from being ingested into Mixpanel going forward. Dropping events4. Review and clean up data: Regularly review your event usage in Lexicon. Look for high-volume events that aren't being queried and consider dropping them to reduce unnecessary event volume. Leverage Lexicon for a quick spot check5. For messaging events: If you're using integrations like Braze, MoEngage, OneSignal, CleverTap, or Leanplum, certain messaging outreach events are exempt from MTU calculations. While this doesn't directly impact event volume, it's worth noting for overall usage optimization. Braze Events into Mixpanel & MTU exemptionsRemember, while these strategies can help manage your event volume, it's important to carefully consider which events are truly unnecessary before blocking or dropping them, as this action cannot be undone and may affect your ability to analyze certain user behaviors in the future.

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