how do I exclude specific users from the assignee field in an advanced search?

Question

I am trying to exclude specific users as part of an advanced search filter by using the following;

assignee != "<user name>"

But that user keeps appearing in the resulting search - as do all the others I have tried to exclude.

Alternatively, I have tried to use

assignee = "unassigned"

Again, this seems to have no affect as all user keep appearing tin the resulting search.

TvT · Answer

To exclude a specific user this worked for me:

assignee != <add_user_id_here> OR assignee in (EMPTY)

Dmytro Stepulo · Answer

Solution:

AND (assignee not in (User1, inactiveUsers()) OR assignee in (EMPTY))

Dmytro Stepulo · Answer

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