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title: Turn off application monitoring
description: Turn off monitoring for an application in situations where monitoring is causing performance issues or interfering with the functionality of the application.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Digital End-User Experience \(DEX\)
classification: digital-end-user-experience-dex
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-10-23"
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keywords: [disable monitoring, stop monitoring, turn off metrics monitoring, disable application monitoring]
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# Turn off application monitoring

Turn off monitoring for an application in situations where monitoring is causing performance issues or interfering with the functionality of the application.

## Before you begin

Confirm that the DEX plugin \(sn\_dex\) is installed.

Role required: sn\_dex.admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Service Operations Workspace**.

2.  In the primary navigation pane, select the DEX Administration icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-administration.png"\] Alt text:\).

3.  On the Application management card, select **Configure applications**.

    The list of monitored applications appears.

4.  Select the check box next to the application for which you want to turn off monitoring.

5.  Select **Turn off metrics monitoring** in the **Actions** drop-down list.

    The monitoring of the application is turned off.