# Exclude products from the cart reward bar count

> Stop chosen products from moving the reward bar or unlocking rewards. They still check out as normal.

Tick **Exclude products from being counted** under your tiers and pick up to 20 products. Those products stay in the cart and check out as normal. They don't move the bar or unlock rewards.

![Reward bar Tiers settings in the Cart Drawer editor. Highlighted: Exclude products from being counted, ticked, with the Change selection (1) button.](https://orka-chat.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/prod/help/6ae11b71ea5444c078d85419/import/1793138064595-kb133-exclude-products.webp)

## Before you start

Exclusions are saved per cart. If you have more than one cart, edit the one marked **Active**.

## Exclude products

1. In Shopify admin, open **Apps** → **Section Store** → **Cart Drawer**.
2. Click **Edit** on your cart.
3. Under **Body**, open the **Reward bar** card.
4. Under **Tiers**, below your tiers, tick **Exclude products from being counted**.
5. Click **Select products**, pick up to 20 products, then confirm your selection.
6. Click **Save**.

To edit the list later, click **Change selection**. The number in brackets is how many products you excluded.

## How it works

- It works with **Cart total** and **Item quantity**.
- It applies at checkout too, not only on the bar.
- An excluded product doesn't get the order discount from a reward tier.
- Shipping is different. Once other products unlock free shipping, the reward covers the whole delivery.
- You pick products, not variants or collections. Every variant of a picked product is excluded.

## What never counts anyway

- Free gifts unlocked by the bar.
- A product from the **Order addon** block, unless you tick **Include in reward threshold** in that block.

Thresholds use the **cart subtotal before discounts** by default, so the bar can show a different amount from what the shopper pays. To count what shoppers pay, tick **Count cart total after discounts**, under **Unlock by**.

## If it doesn't work

- **The product still counts:** check that you saved and that you edited the **Active** cart.
- **You can't pick more:** the limit is 20 products.
- **The reward still unlocks:** other products in the cart reach the threshold without the excluded one.

## Related

- [Set up a reward bar in the cart drawer](https://section-store.orka.help/a/set-up-a-reward-bar-in-the-cart-drawer)
- [Unlock cart rewards by spend or by item quantity](https://section-store.orka.help/a/unlock-cart-rewards-by-spend-or-item-quantity)
- [Why does the reward bar show the wrong amount?](https://section-store.orka.help/a/why-does-the-reward-bar-show-the-wrong-amount)

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