How can I delete items through a loop but ignore some

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#1

So whenever a player joins I add a frame into tdmboard
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I want to keep the local script and all the templates but I end up just deleting all the children
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Picture of everything i want to keep

If they are not in the picture I want to delete it

for _,v in pairs(tdmboardGui:GetChildren()) do 
	if not v:IsA("LocalScript") then 
		if not v == "BlueKill" or not v == "RedKill" or not v == "BlueTemplate" or not v == "RedTemplate" then 
			v:Destroy()
		end
	end 
end
#2

You’re comparing the frame object to a string. You need to do:

if v.Name ~= "BlueKill"  then -- make sure to add all your other conditions.

Also you may want to use “and” instead of “or” statements because if the first condition is met, it will just ignore the others.

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#3

Thanks I will try this


	for _,v in pairs(tdmboardGui:GetChildren()) do 
		if not v:IsA("LocalScript") then 
			if v.Name ~= "BlueKill" and v.Name ~= "RedKill" and v.Name ~= "RedTemplate" and v.Name ~= "BlueTemplate" then 
				v:Destroy()
			end
		end 
	end