# Issues with Disabling shield **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 29, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-disabling-shield/23467 "2015-04-29T12:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deepakas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/deepakas/32/697_2.png) [@deepakas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deepakas)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-disabling-shield/23467/1 "2015-04-29T12:51:04Z")
Hi All, I was just trialling shield and then disabled it as I had issues with using Java Client API with authentication. Basically I used the plugin remove command to disable shield. After that I am not able to query the indices or login to kibana. Is there anything else I have to do for disabling authentication. Thanks, Deepak Subhramanian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CA%2BUubih-QwWw\_HXMF96fsu4Mjzo9U%2BYH3kEiRk8MJKjaAopY1w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CA%2BUubih-QwWw_HXMF96fsu4Mjzo9U%2BYH3kEiRk8MJKjaAopY1w%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jaymode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jaymode/32/50103_2.png) [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-disabling-shield/23467/2 "2015-04-29T18:05:17Z")
Just to confirm, you used `bin/plugin -r shield`? If so, then it should have removed Shield. Can you check to make sure that $ES\_HOME/plugins/shield directory only contains configuration files and no jar files. On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 8:51:17 AM UTC-4, Deepak Subhramanian wrote: > Hi All, > > I was just trialling shield and then disabled it as I had issues with > using Java Client API with authentication. > > Basically I used the plugin remove command to disable shield. After > that I am not able to query the indices or login to kibana. > > Is there anything else I have to do for disabling authentication. > > Thanks, > Deepak Subhramanian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/27a9c145-ab11-4a75-979c-4a0268aaa366%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/27a9c145-ab11-4a75-979c-4a0268aaa366%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-disabling-shield/23467/3 "2017-07-06T00:16:57Z")