Include/Exclude for history or logbook drama

Hi everyone, I’m having issues trying to get an just a couple entities included into either the history or the logbook pages & exclude everything else. I’m assuming that once entities are excluded they aren’t suppose to show in the entities dropdown on the history/logbook page?

I’ve tried restarts, clearing cache, purging db (as best as I know how), deleting the home_assistant_v2.db file then restart & manually entering in default config items.

excluding from recorder works (stops recording) but it still shows on the history/logbook pages

In the example I’m trying to just include the ac & exclude everything else.

default_config:
logbook:
  include:
    entities:
      - climate.ac
history:
  include:
    entities:
      - climate.ac

Am I missing something or have I just lost my marbles?

Cheers,
Thanks in advance