# Is it possible to disable HTTP Options method in Elastic Search v7.5?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-http-options-method-in-elastic-search-v7-5/341700>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 25, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-http-options-method-in-elastic-search-v7-5/341700 "2023-08-25T15:15:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_Brown2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/james_brown2/32/124970_2.png) [@James\_Brown2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Brown2)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-http-options-method-in-elastic-search-v7-5/341700/1 "2023-08-25T15:15:27Z")

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Hi there,

Does anyone know is it possible to disabled HTTP Options method in Elastic Search v7.5? and if it is safe to do so without affecting Elastic Search functionality?

Many thanks,

James

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-http-options-method-in-elastic-search-v7-5/341700/2 "2023-08-25T17:00:41Z")

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It is not possible to disable this, no, but nor is there a good reason to do so.

Also 7.5 is _really_ old and wholly unsupported, you need to upgrade as a matter of urgency.

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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:** [September 22, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-http-options-method-in-elastic-search-v7-5/341700/3 "2023-09-22T17:00:43Z")

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