# The ability to disable blocks

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-ability-to-disable-blocks/2609199>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-ability-to-disable-blocks/2609199 "2023-09-22T22:41:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![steve\_synopsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@steve\_synopsis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/steve_synopsis)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-ability-to-disable-blocks/2609199/1 "2023-09-22T22:41:45Z")

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Hi,

When building out an app sometimes you may include blocks for troubleshooting purposes e.g. a label block to display values, etc., or you as in the case of trying to read JSON data, you may be trying different methods of using object blocks.

Rather than having to move them out of the way if you want to stop using them temporarily, it would be good if you could **disable them in place**. That way you don’t have to remember their exact position and blocks won’t get disconnected inadvertently.

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-ability-to-disable-blocks/2609199/2 "2023-09-22T23:03:56Z")

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This was requested 3 years ago. It’s a great idea and would save so much time.

> <https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/789>
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> I miss the MIT AI2 function that lets me disable any section of blocks for testi…ng.

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**Author:** ![finbarr.mccarthytl32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@finbarr.mccarthytl32](https://community.thunkable.com/u/finbarr.mccarthytl32)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-ability-to-disable-blocks/2609199/3 "2023-10-02T21:12:41Z")

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It would be great to have a debug feature where you could stop execution at a specific block and check values.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-ability-to-disable-blocks/2609199/4 "2024-11-08T13:33:26Z")

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