# Disable instrumentation for event target not working in apm-rum

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-instrumentation-for-event-target-not-working-in-apm-rum/256496>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** rum\
**Created:** [November 24, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-instrumentation-for-event-target-not-working-in-apm-rum/256496 "2020-11-24T11:34:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![rejitha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@rejitha1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rejitha1)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-instrumentation-for-event-target-not-working-in-apm-rum/256496/1 "2020-11-24T11:34:17Z")

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I am trying to use the apm-rum/apm-rum-core packages in my angular application.The index.d.ts is missing the InstrumentationTypes 'eventtarget' so not able to disable the default instrumentation for the same.  
Is there any reason for this or its a bug.  
Regards,  
rejitha Raj

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**Author:** ![vigneshshanmugam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vigneshshanmugam/32/40324_2.png) [@vigneshshanmugam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vigneshshanmugam)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-instrumentation-for-event-target-not-working-in-apm-rum/256496/2 "2020-11-24T11:50:07Z")

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Hi @rejitha1,

The RUM agent already supports disabling `eventtarget` instrumentation, Its just the typings that is not updated which is already being fixed in this PR - [https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-rum-js/pull/920](https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-rum-js/pull/920)

But you can disable it using the `disableInstrumentations` config - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/rum-js/current/configuration.html#disable-instrumentations](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/rum-js/current/configuration.html#disable-instrumentations)

```auto
apm.init({
  disableInstrumentations: ['eventtarget']
})

```

Thanks,  
Vignesh

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**Author:** ![rejitha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@rejitha1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rejitha1)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-instrumentation-for-event-target-not-working-in-apm-rum/256496/3 "2020-11-25T07:32:48Z")

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Thanks for the quick response. I tried the same but getting typescript compile error. Is the fix part of the released version of rum package.  
Regards,  
Rejitha Raj

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-instrumentation-for-event-target-not-working-in-apm-rum/256496/4 "2020-12-16T03:32:59Z")

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