remove a category from the post count

hello, i would like to remove a category from the post count

so by example, posts under the asides category are not counted, but they are still being showned

i have fount this code on zeo

function myFilter($query) {
	if ($query->is_feed) {
		$query->set('cat','-5');
	}

return $query;
}

add_filter('pre_get_posts','myFilter');

but i want them to still be printed… thanks

using 2.1.2 without any php skillz 🙁