How to exclude posts for current user

How can I hide posts that are in an array of ids in the usermeta for the current user in the main query.

I can use post__not_in in meta_query but I do not know which option to use for only a specific user.

I think should use posts_where?

Topic posts-where user-meta query Wordpress

Category Web

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I'm not entirely sure what the problem is, because you've already mentioned all the tools that you need to solve it...

Just use pre_get_posts filter, check if the user is logged in, get the IDs of posts he should not see and exclude them in query:

function remove_some_posts_for_user( $query ) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && is_user_logged_in() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
        $posts_to_remove_for_current_user = get_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'posts_to_remove', true );
        if ( ! empty($posts_to_remove_for_current_user) is_array($posts_to_remove_for_current_user) ) {
            $query->set( 'post__not_in', $posts_to_remove_for_current_user );
        }
    }
} 
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'remove_some_posts_for_user' );

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