# Remove unnecessary permissions?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/remove-unnecessary-permissions/226188>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [September 14, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/remove-unnecessary-permissions/226188 "2019-09-14T08:52:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/remove-unnecessary-permissions/226188/4 "2019-09-15T07:50:54Z")

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I figured out how to remove the permissions manually, in manifest.xml. Using APK Studio it’s possible to open the manifest.xml file and remove these permissions:

```
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALENDAR"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>

```

Two questions:

- can anyone see a disadvantage to manually removing these permissions from manifest.xml? (assuming of course that my app doesn’t use the above features of Thunkable)? Am I likely to break anything internally?

- Is there any way to remove these permissions in the Thunkable IDE? If not, I’d humbly suggest that it would be a nice option… I would never install an app that asks for access to my contacts without good reason.

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