# How to disable contributing/signal sharing?

**URL:** <https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/how-to-disable-contributing-signal-sharing/2744>\
**Category:** crowdsec\
**Created:** [January 10, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/how-to-disable-contributing-signal-sharing/2744 "2026-01-10T20:25:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![earthen2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@earthen2](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/earthen2)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/how-to-disable-contributing-signal-sharing/2744/1 "2026-01-10T20:25:18Z")

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Hello,

CrowdSec only gives users a lite version of the Community blocklist if they don’t contribute regularly. I have no public services which means I will never get the full blocklist anyway so I might as well disable the contribution entirely.

Is there a way to disable contributing/uploading/sharing signals completely and keep the lite blocklist?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![iiAmLoz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/discourse.crowdsec.net/iiamloz/32/386_2.png) [@iiAmLoz](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/iiAmLoz)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/how-to-disable-contributing-signal-sharing/2744/2 "2026-01-12T12:26:47Z")

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> **[sharing​ - CrowdSec Configuration | CrowdSec](https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/next/configuration/crowdsec_configuration/#sharing)**
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> CrowdSec has a main yaml configuration file, usually located in /etc/crowdsec/config.yaml.

> I have no public services which means I will never get the full blocklist anyway so I might as well disable the contribution entirely.

Then maybe you dont need crowdsec at all?

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**Author:** ![earthen2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@earthen2](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/u/earthen2)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://discourse.crowdsec.net/t/how-to-disable-contributing-signal-sharing/2744/3 "2026-01-12T12:51:00Z")

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> [@iiAmLoz](#):
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> [CrowdSec Configuration | CrowdSec](https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/next/configuration/crowdsec_configuration/#sharing)

Thanks for the link.

> Then maybe you dont need crowdsec at all?

Maybe not for filtering incoming traffic but I believe it is still beneficial for blocking outgoing requests to malicious IPs. Please correct me if I’m wrong though.