See where Performance Max shows, and exclude placements.
Read Performance Max placements and add account-wide exclusions, the kind that reaches PMax.
The problem.
Performance Max says little about where ads appear, and campaign-level exclusions don’t apply to it.
What you can do in Orphex.
Where did our Performance Max ads show last month? Exclude the mobile apps with more than 500 clicks and no conversions across the account.
Orphex reads Performance Max placements for the period.
Each preview shows one placement to exclude across the account.
You confirm. Removing an exclusion later is the same flow.
What you’ll see
Where did our Performance Max ads show last month? Exclude the mobile apps with more than 500 clicks and no conversions across the account.
Three apps match. Each exclusion is its own preview and applies to every campaign, Performance Max included.
| Placement | Type | Clicks, 30 days |
|---|---|---|
| Puzzle Game Free | Mobile app | 1,840 |
| Flashlight Pro | Mobile app | 920 |
| Daily Horoscope | Mobile app | 610 |
The result.
What Orphex reads for you
- Where Performance Max ads showed, by site, app and YouTube channel
- Clicks, cost and conversions per placement
- The account’s existing exclusions
After you confirm
- Each placement is excluded across the whole account, which is the only exclusion that reaches Performance Max.
- Undo proposes lifting the exclusion.
- The change is logged in change history.
Some rows, like ’Google Owned & Operated’, are inventory groups and can’t be excluded. Orphex refuses those instead of failing on Google’s side.
Ask it another way.
Which apps and sites did Performance Max use last month?
Exclude YouTube channels with lots of spend and no conversions across the account.
Show our account-wide exclusions, then add these three apps.
Questions.
Why account-wide and not per campaign?
Performance Max doesn’t take campaign or ad group exclusions. An account-wide exclusion is the only one that reaches it, and it applies to every campaign in the account.
Can I exclude ‘Google Owned & Operated’?
No. It’s an inventory group, not a placement. Orphex refuses it instead of failing on Google’s side.
Related skill
Orphex Placement Cleaning
Review placement suitability and observable efficiency, then propose narrow supported exclusions without inventing spend from impressions.
Try it on your own account.
Free plan: 3 connected accounts, 250 reads and 50 actions a month. No card needed. Changes must be switched on for your workspace.