# Quickly disable cells

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/quickly-disable-cells/10541>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 29, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/quickly-disable-cells/10541 "2025-10-29T16:13:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![youbastard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/youbastard/32/1248_2.png) [@youbastard](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/youbastard)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/quickly-disable-cells/10541/1 "2025-10-29T16:13:28Z")

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It would be useful to quickly disable entire cells, as opposed to deleting or commenting out code. When I’m iterating on ideas or working on a large notebook having the ability to temporarily stop certain cells from executing / rendering would help me focus. It would also be nice to distinguish between an edit and toggle in the history tab.