# Disable specific roles for a node in 7.X+

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-specific-roles-for-a-node-in-7-x/255779>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-specific-roles-for-a-node-in-7-x/255779 "2020-11-18T03:15:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dennis1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Dennis1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dennis1)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-specific-roles-for-a-node-in-7-x/255779/1 "2020-11-18T03:15:51Z")

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Hello, I noticed that the manner for _enabling_ specific roles for nodes changed between Elasticsearch versions 6.X and 7.X, and am wondering what is the new way to _disable_ specific roles for nodes?

In particular, the [documentation here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-node.html) provides examples on how to _enable_ specific roles for a node, but not how to _disable_ specific roles.

As an example, how do I disable ALL roles _except_ the master role? Do I need to specify every other role in the `node.roles` setting, i.e.:  
`node.roles: [data, data_content, data_hot, data_warm, data_cold, ingest, ml, remote_cluster_client]`,  
or is there a simpler way that involves just specifying which roles to disable which works in ES versions 7.X+?

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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, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-specific-roles-for-a-node-in-7-x/255779/2 "2020-12-16T03:16:02Z")

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