# Protected devices?
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/protected-devices/81222
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions
**Created:** [May 27, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/protected-devices/81222 "2023-05-27T16:04:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@thomanie](https://community.homey.app/u/thomanie)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/protected-devices/81222/1 "2023-05-27T16:04:35Z")
Would like to see a way to protect certain devices from (unintentionally) toggling/changing them through the devices view in the phone app. Could be a gate opener, smartplug for a waterheater, or similar.
Envisioning a property added to devices which makes it require a confirmation - face-id, pincode, OK-button, what-not - to change its state. With protection enabled, the device could be greyed out and/or have a padlock icon annotation, in the device view.
Maybe it exists, but I just havent found it yet?
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### Author:  [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/protected-devices/81222/2 "2023-05-28T06:08:04Z")
Smart plugs and power outlets can be already protected against turning them OFF. Device → ⚙ → Advanced settings → Energie - Always on - Yes/No
However, more or other protection possibilities for other devices would be great.
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### Author:  [@thomanie](https://community.homey.app/u/thomanie)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/protected-devices/81222/3 "2023-06-02T10:16:11Z")
Thanks - that solves the immediate issue of unintentionally turning off the waterheater 🥶
T
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### Author:  [@Gerard\_Hoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/Gerard_Hoppen)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/protected-devices/81222/4 "2023-09-01T08:01:52Z")
Hello Thomanie,
I also looking for something like this.
I have a zwave - switch which opens my garage door.
This switch should be protected with a pin-code.
In Domoticz i could secure any device with this.
Gerard
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### Author:  [@MartyDog](https://community.homey.app/u/MartyDog)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/protected-devices/81222/5 "2023-11-20T23:14:00Z")
+1
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### Author:  [@Merlind](https://community.homey.app/u/Merlind)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/protected-devices/81222/6 "2026-02-26T09:30:32Z")
+1