# Disable layer without removing it?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-layer-without-removing-it/199984>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 7, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-layer-without-removing-it/199984 "2006-09-07T19:23:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pixelmech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@Pixelmech](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pixelmech)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-layer-without-removing-it/199984/1 "2006-09-07T19:23:29Z")

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Is there a way to disable a layer so it doesn’t get published to the SWF without deleting it entirely? It seems like even if I hide the layer, it still publishes. I don’t want to delete a chunk of work until I am sure I don’t need it anymore.