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title: Ignoring elements
headline: Ignoring elements (OpenAPI)
description: >-
Use x-fern-ignore to exclude endpoints, schemas, properties, or parameters
from your OpenAPI spec. Control what Fern reads and processes.
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If you want Fern to skip reading any endpoints, schemas, properties, or parameters, use the `x-fern-ignore` extension.

## Ignore an endpoint

To skip an endpoint, add `x-fern-ignore: true` at the operation level.

```yaml title="x-fern-ignore at operation level in openapi.yml" {4}
paths:
  /users:
    get:
      x-fern-ignore: true
      ...
```

## Ignore a schema

To skip a schema, add `x-fern-ignore: true` at the schema level.

```yaml title="x-fern-ignore at schema level in openapi.yml" {4}
components:
  schemas:
    SchemaToSkip:
      x-fern-ignore: true
      ...
```

## Ignore a property

To skip a property within a schema, add `x-fern-ignore: true` at the property level.

```yaml title="x-fern-ignore at property level in openapi.yml" {9}
components:
  schemas:
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        internalField:
          x-fern-ignore: true
          type: string
```

## Ignore a parameter

To skip a parameter, add `x-fern-ignore: true` at the parameter level.

```yaml title="x-fern-ignore at parameter level in openapi.yml" {7}
paths:
  /users:
    get:
      parameters:
        - name: internalParam
          in: query
          x-fern-ignore: true
          schema:
            type: string
```

<Tip>
  To skip a parameter without modifying your base spec, use `null` values in your [overrides file](/api-definitions/overview/overrides) to delete parameters:

  ```yaml title="overrides.yml" {5}
  paths:
    /users:
      get:
        parameters:
          - null  # Deletes the first parameter from base spec
  ```
</Tip>