# Restrict access to dev tools on kibana on basic license?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restrict-access-to-dev-tools-on-kibana-on-basic-license/115195>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restrict-access-to-dev-tools-on-kibana-on-basic-license/115195 "2018-01-12T01:07:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![GSCully](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gscully/32/26104_2.png) [@GSCully](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GSCully)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restrict-access-to-dev-tools-on-kibana-on-basic-license/115195/1 "2018-01-12T01:07:28Z")

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Is it possible to configure the kibana web instance so no one can use the dev tools except an admin on localhost with a basic license? or something similar.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restrict-access-to-dev-tools-on-kibana-on-basic-license/115195/2 "2018-01-12T01:17:06Z")

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Hi Greg, you can disable Dev Tools by setting `console.enabled: false` in the config/kibana.yml file. However, this will disable it for all users. You can track a couple issues to follow our progress on allowing you to disable Dev Tools on a per user basis:

- [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/6545](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/6545)
- [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4453](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4453)

The latter issue suggests setting up multiple Kibana instances, one per user group, if you absolutely need to allow only certain users to have access to Dev Tools.

Thanks,  
CJ

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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, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restrict-access-to-dev-tools-on-kibana-on-basic-license/115195/3 "2018-02-09T01:17:10Z")

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