# Enable flow versus start flow **URL:** \ **Category:** Flows\ **Created:** [August 14, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840 "2019-08-14T07:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kentok](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kentok/32/11765_2.png) [@kentok](https://community.homey.app/u/kentok)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/1 "2019-08-14T07:21:13Z")
What is the difference between enable flow versus start flow? And is it somewhere I can find documentation for this kind of questions? I have a “Pretend like I am home” which starts 60 minutes before sunset. Should my “Away” mode enable or start this flow? ---
**Author:** ![PascalB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PascalB](https://community.homey.app/u/PascalB)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/2 "2019-08-14T07:35:33Z")
Depends… Enable a flow makes a flow active, which is most useful for automatic flows. In contrast, disable a flow will prevent a flow from running. E.g. I have disabled all my automatic light flows while on holiday so the cats don’t trigger them while we are not at home Start flow executes another flow following the one you put this in ---
**Author:** ![Rickp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rickp/32/9466_2.png) [@Rickp](https://community.homey.app/u/Rickp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/3 "2019-08-14T07:47:43Z")
Start flow - starts the flow Enable flow: makes it possible to start the flow, like disable makes it impossible for the flow to run. ---
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/4 "2019-08-14T08:14:26Z")
U also can only start a flow which has “This flow is started” as a trigger in the WHEN part. ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/5 "2019-08-14T11:43:02Z")
[https://support.athom.com/hc/en-us](https://support.athom.com/hc/en-us) ---
**Author:** ![FKey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fkey/32/14793_2.png) [@FKey](https://community.homey.app/u/FKey)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/6 "2019-08-14T19:21:22Z")
A flow that is disabled, cannot be started… ---
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/7 "2019-08-14T19:31:18Z")
Unless he edited his post that’s exactly what he said. ---
**Author:** ![kentok](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kentok/32/11765_2.png) [@kentok](https://community.homey.app/u/kentok)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/8 "2019-08-16T19:39:03Z")
Thanks! Everything is working perfect now by enabling/disabling flows. ---
**Author:** ![JvR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jvr/32/14998_2.png) [@JvR](https://community.homey.app/u/JvR)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/9 "2019-08-28T15:29:49Z")
For me it’s possible to start _any_ flow within another flow. So also the ones without the “This flow is started”-part. ---
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enable-flow-versus-start-flow/16840/10 "2019-08-28T15:32:58Z")
That will be correct