# How to disable app settings ('Configure App')

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-disable-app-settings-configure-app/45694>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [April 3, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-disable-app-settings-configure-app/45694 "2021-04-03T17:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Williamson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/david_williamson/32/6495_2.png) [@David\_Williamson](https://community.homey.app/u/David_Williamson)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-disable-app-settings-configure-app/45694/1 "2021-04-03T17:01:24Z")

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When I run my app (`homey app run` or `homey app install`) I have to have a `/settings/index.html` file otherwise I get an error `Filepath does not exist: settings/index.html`. This file is for the application settings, accessed from More - Apps - - Configure App. I don’t have any settings, but if I leave the index.html file empty I _still_ get the link to Configure App which I don’t want. My question: how can I stop Homey assuming that I have app settings and wanting a UI for those to be edited (`index.html`) and displaying the ‘Configure App’ button? Is there a setting in `app.json` I’ve missed or something? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-disable-app-settings-configure-app/45694/2 "2021-04-03T17:57:28Z")

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Remove the `settings` directory entirely.

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**Author:** ![David\_Williamson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/david_williamson/32/6495_2.png) [@David\_Williamson](https://community.homey.app/u/David_Williamson)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-disable-app-settings-configure-app/45694/3 "2021-04-05T07:12:56Z")

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That worked perfectly, thank you!

For completeness in case anyone else is looking for answers on settings, I was also wanting to disable some of the Advanced Settings, the trick is to specify type `label` and not `text` which disables editing and makes the field read-only in the UI.

With both of these, my settings work great 👌🏼