# Disabling APM on a running server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-apm-on-a-running-server/194399>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** java\
**Created:** [August 8, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-apm-on-a-running-server/194399 "2019-08-08T10:31:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ethranes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e56c9b/32.png) [@ethranes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ethranes)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-apm-on-a-running-server/194399/1 "2019-08-08T10:31:02Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to disable elastic apm agent on a running server without causing any server downtime?

I don't know how elastic is going to behave in one of my environments and would like the ability to turn it off without causing any server downtime if possible, I checked the docs but couldn't find anything relating to this.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![felixbarny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felixbarny/32/27341_2.png) [@felixbarny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/felixbarny)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-apm-on-a-running-server/194399/2 "2019-08-08T10:49:35Z")

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Yes, you can set [`active`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/config-core.html#config-active) to `false` at runtime via the `elasticapm.properties` or by setting the corresponding system property.

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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:** [August 29, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-apm-on-a-running-server/194399/3 "2019-08-29T06:49:40Z")

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