# Tag selection not equal to
**URL:** https://forums.losant.com/t/tag-selection-not-equal-to/3614
**Category:** Help
**Tags:** workflow
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/tag-selection-not-equal-to/3614 "2021-02-22T20:09:19Z")
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### Author:  [@Lars\_Andersson](https://forums.losant.com/u/Lars_Andersson)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/tag-selection-not-equal-to/3614/1 "2021-02-22T20:09:19Z")
Using a “DEVICE: CONNECT” node and is selecting based on a tag= value.
It works great, but shouldn’t I also be able to to “Not Equal too” like != ?
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### Author:  [@Brandon\_Cannaday](https://forums.losant.com/u/Brandon_Cannaday)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/tag-selection-not-equal-to/3614/3 "2021-02-22T20:21:00Z")
The [Device: Connect Trigger](https://docs.losant.com/workflows/triggers/on-connect/) only supports selecting by equality - either by device ID or tag value. All device triggers ([State](https://docs.losant.com/workflows/triggers/device/), [Inactive](https://docs.losant.com/workflows/triggers/on-inactivity/), etc.) have the same selector. There is currently no way to query by “not equal” directly in these triggers.
We’ve been rolling out our [Advanced Query](https://docs.losant.com/references/advanced-queries) capability to most places devices are selected. Advanced queries do support “not equal”, but I can’t provide a timeline for when they’ll be available in device triggers.