# How to make settings and configurations read\_only

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-settings-and-configurations-read-only/70084>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 27, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-settings-and-configurations-read-only/70084 "2016-12-27T16:21:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@chris2016](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chris2016)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-settings-and-configurations-read-only/70084/1 "2016-12-27T16:21:28Z")

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Hi.

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Is there a way to prevent the index patterns (and possible Dashboards, Searches) 

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from deletion in Kibana?

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Much appreciated.

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Cheers,  
Chris.

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**Author:** ![chris2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@chris2016](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chris2016)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-settings-and-configurations-read-only/70084/2 "2016-12-27T16:44:33Z")

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Hi,

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I forgot to mention that I use ELK 5.1.1 and do not want to use XPACK.

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If there are any other ways to achieve it, please let me know.

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Thanks in advance.

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Cheers,  
Chris.

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**Author:** ![Emmanuel\_DEMEY](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emmanuel_demey/32/7912_2.png) [@Emmanuel\_DEMEY](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Emmanuel_DEMEY)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-settings-and-configurations-read-only/70084/3 "2016-12-27T19:54:09Z")

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You can maybe add the embed=true query parameter to your URL. But this  
solution is not safe enough I think.

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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 24, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-settings-and-configurations-read-only/70084/4 "2017-01-24T19:54:22Z")

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