# Is there an API command to disable ad blocking?

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/is-there-an-api-command-to-disable-ad-blocking/7693>\
**Category:** FAQs\
**Created:** [March 3, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/is-there-an-api-command-to-disable-ad-blocking/7693 "2018-03-03T00:24:58Z")\
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There is no way to do it without authentication. You will need to have this as your bookmark:  
[http://pi.hole/admin/api.php?disable&auth=PWHASH](http://pi.hole/admin/api.php?disable&auth=PWHASH)

Where `PWHASH` is the value of `WEBPASSWORD` in `/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf`  
You can also replace `disable` with `enable` to enable Pi-hole.

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