# Disabling SIGNUP does not work

**URL:** <https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/disabling-signup-does-not-work/64>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 7, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/disabling-signup-does-not-work/64 "2020-04-07T06:22:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ogghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8baadc/32.png) [@ogghi](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/ogghi)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/disabling-signup-does-not-work/64/1 "2020-04-07T06:22:28Z")

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Hi there, first of all many thanks! It is amazing how well it works 🙂

Now only 1 problem I have remaining:

I added -e ADMIN\_TOKEN=blabla… -e SIGNUPS\_ALLOWED=false and some more to the startup of the docker container, in logs it also shows as

> ```
> [WARNING] The following environment variables are being overriden by the config file,
> [WARNING] please use the admin panel to make changes to them:
> [WARNING] SIGNUPS_ALLOWED, ADMIN_TOKEN
> 
> ```

Still I can sign up on the page? Not only the button is there, I can also go and sign up.

Any idea?

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**Author:** ![dani](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/dani/32/2_2.png) [@dani](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/dani)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/disabling-signup-does-not-work/64/2 "2020-04-07T12:23:18Z")

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That means you edited the config through the admin panel, so the env options get ignored. If you want to change the signups\_allowed options, you have to do it now through the admin panel.

The button is supposed to be there, but it should give an error when signing up

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**Author:** ![ogghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8baadc/32.png) [@ogghi](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/ogghi)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/disabling-signup-does-not-work/64/3 "2020-04-07T12:30:56Z")

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That’s what I understood from the documentation.  
Problem is it still allows registration.

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**Author:** ![dani](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/dani/32/2_2.png) [@dani](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/dani)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/disabling-signup-does-not-work/64/4 "2020-04-07T12:34:16Z")

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But is the checkbox disabled in the admin panel?

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/vaultwarden/original/1X/7b81fbc28f90b0993be860f308d5cc4d83df3473.png)

If it’s disabled you should get an error when submitting the register form.

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**Author:** ![ogghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8baadc/32.png) [@ogghi](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/ogghi)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/disabling-signup-does-not-work/64/5 "2020-04-07T13:33:31Z")

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Hi Dani, thanks! It actually does not let a user register! 🙂  
I thought it would fail already before somebody enters all data and submits.

Sorry for the confusion!

Best regards  
David