<b>Q: I added an internal traffic filter but I still see my own visits — what went wrong?</b>

<b>Q: I added an internal traffic filter but I still see my own visits — what went wrong?</b>

A: Two separate steps trip everyone up: defining the rule, then activating the filter.
— First define the IP rule in <code>Admin → Data Streams → [stream] → Configure tag settings → Show all → Define internal traffic</code>. This only tags traffic with <code>traffic_type=internal</code>.
— Then go to <code>Admin → Data Settings → Data Filters</code> and switch the Internal Traffic filter from Testing to Active. New installs default to Testing, which excludes nothing.
— On dynamic IPs, your address rotates and slips past the rule.

Verify in DebugView that your hits carry <code>traffic_type=internal</code>.

TL;DR: Define the IP rule and set the filter to Active.

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