# Disabling specific Microservices
**URL:** https://forum.pydio.com/t/disabling-specific-microservices/2832
**Category:** Pydio Cells
**Created:** [October 10, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/disabling-specific-microservices/2832 "2019-10-10T17:25:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://forum.pydio.com/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/disabling-specific-microservices/2832/1 "2019-10-10T17:25:13Z")
I noticed in the REST API disabling microservices is not yet implemented.
What is the best/safest way to disable specific services that I don’t want running
i.e. the mailer service.
Is it safe to do so? Are things going to start breaking if I disable specific services?
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### Author:  [@charles](https://forum.pydio.com/u/charles)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/disabling-specific-microservices/2832/2 "2019-10-11T09:28:49Z")
Hey Dustin
We try to keep them loosely coupled when it’s possible, so you should be able to disable some services. The simplest way for the moment is to exclude them at startup, using the --exclude or -x option. Then check in the log if you see particular errors that would mean it does break things :-). But for mailer I think it should be ok.
-c