# How to hide the new process button in the workspace area?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-the-new-process-button-in-the-workspace-area/77765
**Category:** General
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard
**Created:** [21 April 2023 01:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-the-new-process-button-in-the-workspace-area/77765 "2023-04-21T01:37:52Z")
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### Author:  [@1260215278](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/1260215278)
#### Post date: [21 April 2023 01:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-the-new-process-button-in-the-workspace-area/77765/1 "2023-04-21T01:37:53Z")
I want to hide the editing functionality of the workspace area. But I can't find it in the documentation, can you tell me? Thanks
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [21 April 2023 08:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-the-new-process-button-in-the-workspace-area/77765/2 "2023-04-21T08:38:07Z")
The documentation tells you how to set Node-RED into read-only mode on startup I think. So that is probably your best bet.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [20 June 2023 08:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-the-new-process-button-in-the-workspace-area/77765/3 "2023-06-20T08:38:41Z")
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