# Kibana 5.x What can I do to turn off access to dev\_tools

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-x-what-can-i-do-to-turn-off-access-to-dev-tools/71390>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 12, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-x-what-can-i-do-to-turn-off-access-to-dev-tools/71390 "2017-01-12T14:39:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![pinesr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@pinesr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pinesr)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-x-what-can-i-do-to-turn-off-access-to-dev-tools/71390/1 "2017-01-12T14:39:00Z")

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I keep looking for a solution to provide Kibana without allowing users to see/use dev\_tools.

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-x-what-can-i-do-to-turn-off-access-to-dev-tools/71390/2 "2017-01-12T23:21:53Z")

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You can add the following to your kibana.yml:

`console.enabled: false`

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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:** [February 9, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-x-what-can-i-do-to-turn-off-access-to-dev-tools/71390/3 "2017-02-09T23:22:17Z")

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