How to remove a page from navbar not the usual question

Hi gang!

So here it is : I have a top navbar, I’d like to remove some pages form it.
So i could use a plugin like Exclude pages of write some code such as
<?php wp_list_pages(‘exclude=1978,1292,1297,2086’); ?>.

Now the plugin remove those pages indeed.

The code doesn’t I may get it wrong and would appreciate some help my header.php reads as such:
<?php wp_list_pages(‘title_li=’); ?> where should I add the exclude ?
I’ve tried and it messed the website and returned a syntax error…

NEXT, it does remove the pages allright but then I am also using a widget Flexi Pages to display some popular pages on the sidebar. But If I remove those pages from the navbar they don’t show in the sidebar either, ruining my efforts.

My aim is to have : Home, Faq, Contact and Advanced Search in the navbar and Blogs/News/Libworm/videos in the side bar only.

Any idea how I could achieve that?
Thanks

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