# Midjourney brings back the --no negative-prompt flag in V8.1

By Steven Van · 2026-05-21

The flag lets users exclude elements like people from generated images with a negative prompt.

Midjourney has brought back the **--no** flag in V8.1, letting users exclude specific elements from a generated image by adding a negative prompt, such as --no people.

[Source post](https://x.com/i/status/2057184157869199429)

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