# Edit protection for Kibana visuals or dashboards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edit-protection-for-kibana-visuals-or-dashboards/321238>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 14, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edit-protection-for-kibana-visuals-or-dashboards/321238 "2022-12-14T20:32:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Buddha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/buddha/32/101523_2.png) [@Buddha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Buddha)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edit-protection-for-kibana-visuals-or-dashboards/321238/1 "2022-12-14T20:32:58Z")

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Hello,

I was wondering if there was a way to protect Kibana visuals or dashboards from being edited? Even sending a warning if they open the object to not to edit it would be the bare minimal.

Mike

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edit-protection-for-kibana-visuals-or-dashboards/321238/2 "2022-12-15T00:04:07Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Yes you can restrict the ability for users to do this using the inbuilt Security features - [Securing access to Kibana | Kibana Guide [8.5] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-secure-access-to-kibana.html)

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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:** [January 12, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edit-protection-for-kibana-visuals-or-dashboards/321238/3 "2023-01-12T00:04:42Z")

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