# Removing rare sequences

**URL:** <https://forum.mothur.org/t/removing-rare-sequences/321>\
**Category:** Commands in mothur\
**Created:** [August 16, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/removing-rare-sequences/321 "2010-08-16T07:09:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![sapeura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@sapeura](https://forum.mothur.org/u/sapeura)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/removing-rare-sequences/321/1 "2010-08-16T07:09:48Z")

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Hi!

I’d need to remove from my data all the sequences that are present \< 5 times. Can I do that with Mothur?

Thanks :)!

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**Author:** ![pschloss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/pschloss/32/4_2.png) [@pschloss](https://forum.mothur.org/u/pschloss)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/removing-rare-sequences/321/2 "2010-08-16T14:32:27Z")

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