# Disabling and Alarm while its Active

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-and-alarm-while-its-active/28302>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-and-alarm-while-its-active/28302 "2019-09-16T21:45:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruairi.daly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc8723/32.png) [@ruairi.daly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ruairi.daly)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-and-alarm-while-its-active/28302/1 "2019-09-16T21:45:17Z")

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Hi,  
When I disable an Alarm on a Tag, by binding its Alarm enabled property to a memory Tag and setting that tag to false, while that Tag is in the Alarm state, it stays Active.  
Would there be a reason for this behaviour ?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-and-alarm-while-its-active/28302/2 "2019-09-18T15:04:47Z")

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I believe alarms are event driven. So, if you disable an alarm, no further events can happen, and the tag keeps the last state.