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title: Disable Devices
slug: solutions/disable-devices
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createdAt: 2025-08-14T14:37:00.169Z
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The Device Management tool can be used to disable one or multiple devices on one or multiple Litmus Edge.

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**Important: **If devices are disabled, they will stop collecting data.
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### Disable Device(s)

To be able to be disabled, a device requires an entry in the column **DeviceID **and set to *M *in column **Action**.

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**Notes**:

Use the **Compare vs LE** option to check if the devices exist and have a DeviceID.

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Press the **Disable Device** option to disable ALL devices with the **Action ***M*.

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**Notes**:

To not disable devices currently in the sheet, set their **Action **to **I** for ignore.
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To verify to disable all devices in the sheet with **Action ***M *and a **DeviceID**, press the **Yes **button



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After disabeling all the valid devices, the tool asks if the device status should be cheked.

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This will check the device status and show it in column [DeviceID & Device Status](docId\:g-s3hTAWfdjY-H-7Ikzok).

Disabled devices will show a red status.

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