diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 644a500ad..d70a43a64 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use std::{net::Ipv4Addr, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{
+    net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddrV4},
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
 
 use clap::{Args, Parser};
 use clap_verbosity_flag::{InfoLevel, Verbosity};
@@ -38,6 +41,16 @@ pub struct Opt {
     #[derivative(Default(value = "Verbosity::new(0, 0)"))]
     pub verbosity: Verbosity<InfoLevel>,
 
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    /// exclude ip addres with <-e x.x.x.x>
+    /// exclude multiple ip addresses with <-e x.x.x.x -e y.y.y.y>
+    pub excluded_ipv4: Option<Vec<Ipv4Addr>>,
+
+    #[arg(long)]
+    /// exclude ip addres with <-e x.x.x.x:zzzz>
+    /// exclude multiple ip addresses and port with <-e x.x.x.x:zzzz -e y.y.y.y:zzzz>
+    pub excluded_ipv4_port: Option<Vec<SocketAddrV4>>,
+
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub render_opts: RenderOpts,
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8f765f490..5fb0e8c57 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,15 @@ where
             move || {
                 while running.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
                     let render_start_time = Instant::now();
-                    let utilization = { network_utilization.lock().unwrap().clone_and_reset() };
+                    let mut utilization = { network_utilization.lock().unwrap().clone_and_reset() };
+                    match opts.excluded_ipv4 {
+                        Some(ref ex) => utilization.remove_ip(ex),
+                        None => {}
+                    };
+                    match opts.excluded_ipv4_port {
+                        Some(ref ex) => utilization.remove_ip_port(ex),
+                        None => {}
+                    };
                     let OpenSockets { sockets_to_procs } = get_open_sockets();
                     let mut ip_to_host = IpTable::new();
                     if let Some(dns_client) = dns_client.as_mut() {
diff --git a/src/network/utilization.rs b/src/network/utilization.rs
index c44356b6e..940c33833 100644
--- a/src/network/utilization.rs
+++ b/src/network/utilization.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddrV4},
+};
 
 use crate::network::{Connection, Direction, Segment};
 
@@ -42,4 +45,36 @@ impl Utilization {
             }
         }
     }
+    pub fn remove_ip(&mut self, ips: &Vec<Ipv4Addr>) {
+        // might be possible to refactor this part better
+        // i still don't understand the whole borrow/own system very well yet
+        let placeholder = self.connections.clone();
+        for util in placeholder {
+            match util.0.remote_socket.ip {
+                std::net::IpAddr::V4(ip) => {
+                    if ips.contains(&ip) {
+                        self.connections.remove_entry(&util.0);
+                    }
+                }
+                std::net::IpAddr::V6(..) => { /* nothing here yet (maybe implement it for ipV6 too) */
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn remove_ip_port(&mut self, ips: &Vec<SocketAddrV4>) {
+        // might be possible to refactor this part better
+        // i still don't understand the whole borrow/own system very well yet
+        let placeholder = self.connections.clone();
+        for util in placeholder {
+            match util.0.remote_socket.ip {
+                std::net::IpAddr::V4(ip) => {
+                    if ips.contains(&SocketAddrV4::new(ip, util.0.remote_socket.port)) {
+                        self.connections.remove_entry(&util.0);
+                    }
+                }
+                std::net::IpAddr::V6(..) => { /* nothing here yet (maybe implement it for ipV6 too) */
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }