---
title: stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-rules-bulk-disable cli command
description: Disable rules in bulk by ID Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4075/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/alerting-v2/post-alerting-v2-rules-bulk-disable
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-rules-bulk-disable cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-rules-bulk-disable \
  --ids <ids> \
  [options]
```

Disable rules in bulk by ID
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--ids string[] required">
    Explicit list of IDs to operate on.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--ids` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>