# Is it possible to turn off "Elasticsearch built-in security features are not enabled" notifications?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-off-elasticsearch-built-in-security-features-are-not-enabled-notifications/286167>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 7, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-off-elasticsearch-built-in-security-features-are-not-enabled-notifications/286167 "2021-10-07T23:23:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![neergttocsdivad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/43a26b/32.png) [@neergttocsdivad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/neergttocsdivad)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-off-elasticsearch-built-in-security-features-are-not-enabled-notifications/286167/1 "2021-10-07T23:23:11Z")

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I'm using ES on a stand-alone computer, without a wired or wireless network or internet connections.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-off-elasticsearch-built-in-security-features-are-not-enabled-notifications/286167/2 "2021-10-08T02:10:59Z")

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Hi @neergttocsdivad

So first I do have to say, always secure your cluster! 🙂 (and I do mean that)

That said, yes you can disable that message by explicitly setting

`xpack.security.enabled: false`

in the Elasticsearch.yml

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**Author:** ![neergttocsdivad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/43a26b/32.png) [@neergttocsdivad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/neergttocsdivad)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-off-elasticsearch-built-in-security-features-are-not-enabled-notifications/286167/3 "2021-10-08T04:20:26Z")

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thank you.

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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:** [November 5, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-off-elasticsearch-built-in-security-features-are-not-enabled-notifications/286167/4 "2021-11-05T04:21:23Z")

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