---
title: disable_action
description: If disable_action is set to True, Curator will ignore the current action. This may be useful for temporarily disabling actions in a large configuration...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_disable
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Curator
---

# disable_action
<note>
  This setting is available in all actions.
</note>

```yaml
action: delete_indices
description: "Delete selected indices"
options:
  disable_action: False
filters:
- filtertype: ...
```

If `disable_action` is set to `True`, Curator will ignore the current action. This may be useful for temporarily disabling actions in a large configuration file.
The default value for this setting is `False`