---
title: Removing the admin console
description: You can remove the admin console from your PingDirectory deployment.
component: pingdirectory
version: 11.0
page_id: pingdirectory:pingdirectory_server_administration_guide:pd_ds_remove_admin_console
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/pingdirectory_server_administration_guide/pd_ds_remove_admin_console.html
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
  example-2: Example:
  result: Result:
---

# Removing the admin console

You can remove the admin console from your PingDirectory deployment.

## About this task

You can configure and operate the PingDirectory server without the admin console by using the command-line interface (CLI). There aren't any server functions available from the admin console that aren't also available through the CLI.

## Steps

Follow these steps to remove the admin console from your PingDirectory deployment:

1. Stop the server.

   ### Example:

   ```
   $ bin/stop-server
   ```

2. Remove the `console.war` file from the `webapps` directory.

3. Edit the `config/config.ldif` file as follows:

   1. In the `dn: cn=HTTPS Connection Handler,cn=Connection Handlers,cn=config` section, remove the following line:

      ```
      ds-cfg-web-application-extension: cn=Console,cn=Web Applications,cn=config
      ```

   2. In the `dn: cn=Console,cn=Web Applications,cn=config` section, remove the following lines:

      ```
      objectClass: ds-cfg-console-web-application-extension
      objectClass: ds-cfg-web-application-extension
      objectClass: top
      cn: Console
      ds-cfg-description: The Administrative Console
      ds-cfg-log-file: logs/webapps/console.log
      ```

   3. Save your changes.

4. Restart the server.

   ### Example:

   ```
   $ bin/start-server
   ```

## Result:

You have successfully removed the admin console from your PingDirectory deployment.

|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|   | Upgrading the server after removing the admin console restores the `console.war` file but doesn't affect the console configurations that you removed from `config.ldif`. The admin console won't run with these configurations removed. Optionally, you can remove `console.war` after completing a server upgrade. |