# Disable/enable wire

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-enable-wire/59039>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [26 February 2022 21:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-enable-wire/59039 "2022-02-26T21:18:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![daxliniere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/daxliniere/32/42187_2.png) [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2022 21:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-enable-wire/59039/1 "2022-02-26T21:18:24Z")

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It would be great if we could select a wire and disable it. Sometimes you want to test a different route without deleting the wires. Being able to disable them would be very useful.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2022 21:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-enable-wire/59039/2 "2022-02-26T21:22:58Z")

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Wires don't have properties in the flow file. Any feature that involves adding properties to wires (custom colours, enabling/disabling, labelling) would be a major change to the flow file format. So whilst we wouldn't say "never", it isn't something we would consider lightly

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**Author:** ![daxliniere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/daxliniere/32/42187_2.png) [@daxliniere](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daxliniere)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2022 21:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-enable-wire/59039/3 "2022-02-26T21:34:58Z")

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Thanks Nick.  
Yeah, coloured wires would be such a fantastic workflow improvement.

Cheers!  
Dax.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 April 2022 21:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-enable-wire/59039/4 "2022-04-27T21:35:31Z")

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