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Exclude local host traffic from google analytics
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I'm getting a lot of local host referral traffic from an unknown source.I want to get rid of this from my google analytics reports.
I've tried this filter - but the traffic still appears.
Filtername = local host
Filtertype= custom
Exclude = filter field referral
Filter pattern (.?localhost.?)
Any ideas ?
thanks in advance.
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Hi Thomas,
Set up filter as mentioned in this article @ https://briefmetrics.com/articles/remove-localhost-from-referrers
**In Select expression select 'that contain' instead of 'that are equal to'. ******
Hope this helps.
Thanks
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