Exclude page from a wordpress sitemap - php

I came across a tutorial on the internet for creating a sitemap in WordPress. It does what I want - it lists all pages and posts on the website however I was wondering if it was possible to exclude a page from the sitemap. In this case I want to exclude the sitemap link. Is it possible to do this? I have included the code for the sitemap below.
<?php
/*
Template Name: Sitemap
*/
get_header(); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while( have_posts() ) : the_post();
the_content();
endwhile; endif; ?>
<h2>Pages</h2>
<ul>
<?php
// Add pages seprated with comma[,] that you'd like to hide to display on sitemap
wp_list_pages(
array(
'exclude' => '',
'title_li' => '',
)
);
?>
</ul>
<h2>Posts</h2>
<?php
// Add categories seprated with comma (,) you'd like to hide to display on sitemap
$cats = get_categories('exclude=');
foreach ($cats as $cat) {
echo "<ul>";
query_posts('posts_per_page=-1&cat='.$cat->cat_ID);
while(have_posts()) {
the_post();
$category = get_the_category();
// Only display a post link once, even if it's in multiple categories
if ($category[0]->cat_ID == $cat->cat_ID) {
echo '<li>'.get_the_title().'</li>';
}
}
echo "</ul>";
}
?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
I am aware that the comments within the code give me some idea as to where to list the pages I want to hide however I am unsure as to how to do this. If anyone can help me it would be much appreciated.
Many Thanks.

If you want to exclude pages from your Site Map you have to write here
wp_list_pages(
array(
'exclude' => 'ID1, ID2',
'title_li' => '',
)
);
ID1 and ID2 it's your page id on WordPress.

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