How can I eliminate 1 category from showing on the front page?

https://faq.wordpress.net/view.php?p=55

Great! I did do a search here but did not have the bright idea to check there too ??

This forum is great. Thanks!

If you don’t want to use my-hacks, you can use code like below in your index.php:
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ( !in_category('12') { ?>
// the Loop code
`<?php } ?>

Neat, thanks. Yes, I rather wanted to avoid the legacy my-hacks.php file. I had tried adding the code to the index file before seeing your post but had tried it to put it just above the get header info which didn’t work ?? I do assume it should read minus, i.e. -12 to omit that category.

Nope, not minus. the [!] means NOT in front of in_category.

of course! thanks for the explanation.