# How do I set a area to be not sensitive to touch
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** beginner
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024 "2021-05-04T16:08:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@snyper-boi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/snyper-boi)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024/1 "2021-05-04T16:08:45Z")
I am trying to make an area of my app not touchable by users, and I tried many ways to prevent users from touching an area but ended in failure.
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### Author:  [@snyper-boi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/snyper-boi)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024/2 "2021-05-04T16:12:18Z")
@muneer based on my experience, you know a lot and have helped multiple people with their problems on Thunkable, can you please help me with my question?
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024/3 "2021-05-04T16:41:31Z")
What did you try? And why do you need an area of the screen to not respond to touch? And what does the screen look like (where are components, where is the area you want to avoid touch)?
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### Author:  [@snyper-boi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/snyper-boi)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024/4 "2021-05-05T00:51:11Z")
For example, if I don’t want the user to touch any part of the screen what do I do
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### Author:  [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024/5 "2021-05-05T01:05:23Z")
I’m trying really really hard not to say “install a screen protector” and um… I failed.
In general, components on the screen won’t respond to touch unless you program them to do something. If you can give us a specific example where the user touching the screen does something it shouldn’t, we can probably help you figure it out. But you’ve got us stumped, because “don’t touch the screen” doesn’t really make sense…
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024/6 "2021-05-05T01:38:09Z")
In the new DnD UI, place the components you want and then place `group` component over them which will make them **unresponsive**.
Easy trick. Try it.
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### Author:  [@snyper-boi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/snyper-boi)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024/7 "2021-05-05T02:29:01Z")
Thanks so much @muneer!
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-set-a-area-to-be-not-sensitive-to-touch/1263024/8 "2024-11-08T13:22:45Z")