# Is it possible to totally disable the authentication / users option in Vikunja?

**URL:** <https://community.vikunja.io/t/is-it-possible-to-totally-disable-the-authentication-users-option-in-vikunja/1409>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [6 June 2023 19:26 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/is-it-possible-to-totally-disable-the-authentication-users-option-in-vikunja/1409 "2023-06-06T19:26:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![rogierl](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rogierl](https://community.vikunja.io/u/rogierl)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2023 19:26 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/is-it-possible-to-totally-disable-the-authentication-users-option-in-vikunja/1409/1 "2023-06-06T19:26:54Z")

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Is it possible to totally disable the authentication / users option in Vikunja? I have a Vikunja instance that I only use for myself. It’s not publicly exposed, so I don’t need any authentication at all. Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2023 14:36 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/is-it-possible-to-totally-disable-the-authentication-users-option-in-vikunja/1409/2 "2023-06-07T14:36:43Z")

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That’s not possible.

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**Author:** ![rogierl](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rogierl](https://community.vikunja.io/u/rogierl)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2023 18:16 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/is-it-possible-to-totally-disable-the-authentication-users-option-in-vikunja/1409/3 "2023-06-07T18:16:03Z")

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No plans to implement that?  
This could be another auth method right?

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**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2023 18:36 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/is-it-possible-to-totally-disable-the-authentication-users-option-in-vikunja/1409/4 "2023-06-07T18:36:30Z")

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It’s a lot more complicated than just another auth method. Vikunja always assumes a user and as such, a user is tied to pretty much everything. Removing that would just not be worth the effort, especially since that would mean maintaining both methods.

There has been a fork of Vikunja with single-user capabilities:

> [@Offline capabilities of the front-end?](https://community.vikunja.io/t/offline-capabilities-of-the-front-end/252/13):
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> Not exactly what you’re asking for, but I’m working on a completely offline version of Vikunja. The first step of porting an app to [webxdc](https://webxdc.org/) is to make it fully offline-capable. I’ll post the updates there.

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**Author:** ![rogierl](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rogierl](https://community.vikunja.io/u/rogierl)\
**Post date:** [8 June 2023 06:02 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/is-it-possible-to-totally-disable-the-authentication-users-option-in-vikunja/1409/5 "2023-06-08T06:02:53Z")

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Clear answer; thanks for that!  
I will keep on using the original Vikunja.  
Especially after setting the [JWT secret](https://community.vikunja.io/t/ios-mobile-safari-gets-logged-out-each-day/1410),