# Exclude devices from sync with Google Home

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/exclude-devices-from-sync-with-google-home/50852>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [August 26, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/exclude-devices-from-sync-with-google-home/50852 "2021-08-26T16:08:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CoonHouse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/coonhouse/32/2764_2.png) [@CoonHouse](https://community.homey.app/u/CoonHouse)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/exclude-devices-from-sync-with-google-home/50852/1 "2021-08-26T16:08:53Z")

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I regularly make use of multiple virtual devices to control one physical device.  
It would be great if I could exclude the physical device from syncing with Google Home, so I could only control the device using the virtual devices.  
In addition it would also be nice to be able to hide a physical device in Homey so it would only be visible in flow cards.

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**Author:** ![Edwin\_D](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edwin_d/32/136417_2.png) [@Edwin\_D](https://community.homey.app/u/Edwin_D)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/exclude-devices-from-sync-with-google-home/50852/2 "2021-08-26T18:16:09Z")

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+1

As a workaround to hide it in Google Home I created a second Home (called Hidden) and moved all the duplicate or unwanted devices there. But I would still like a better option, both in Google Home and Homey.

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**Author:** ![CoonHouse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/coonhouse/32/2764_2.png) [@CoonHouse](https://community.homey.app/u/CoonHouse)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/exclude-devices-from-sync-with-google-home/50852/3 "2021-08-26T22:39:14Z")

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@Edwin_D,

Thanks for the suggestion. So when I place devices in a second home they will not be recognized and controlled when I “speak” to Google Home?

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**Author:** ![Edwin\_D](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edwin_d/32/136417_2.png) [@Edwin\_D](https://community.homey.app/u/Edwin_D)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/exclude-devices-from-sync-with-google-home/50852/4 "2021-08-27T20:08:41Z")

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No, unless you move your Google device to that home too it shouldn’t try to operate them.