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title: Define Exit Criteria
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description: Set exit criteria in Journey Builder to remove Marketing Cloud Engagement contacts that the journey is no longer relevant to.
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# Define Exit Criteria

Set exit criteria in Journey Builder to remove Marketing Cloud Engagement contacts that the journey is no longer relevant to.

1. Click ![the Exit Criteria icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_journeys_and_automations-264-0-0-production-enus/e08cdd71-c1c1-4ae5-a5e9-8a6dad583ad4/mc_journeys_and_automations/images/mc_jb_Exit_Criteria_icon_updated.png).
2. Name and, if necessary, describe the exit criteria.
3. To define which contacts exit the journey, apply a filter on contact data attributes.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_journeys_and_automations-264-0-0-production-enus/e08cdd71-c1c1-4ae5-a5e9-8a6dad583ad4/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip Use fewer than 20 filter criteria for optimal journey performance.
4. To view your filter criteria in a text string form for simple validation, click **Filter Text**.
5. Finish and save the exit criteria.
    1. To remove currently defined exit criteria, click **Remove this Exit Criteria** when the journey is in Draft mode.
6. Activate your journey.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-mktg-mc_journeys_and_automations-264-0-0-production-enus/e08cdd71-c1c1-4ae5-a5e9-8a6dad583ad4/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note Contacts are removed based on the first filter criteria matched, even if they meet multiple filters.

When a contact meets any of the exit filter criteria upon leaving a wait activity, the contact is removed from the journey.