# Disabling feature to remove pens in easychart

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-feature-to-remove-pens-in-easychart/9237>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 27, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-feature-to-remove-pens-in-easychart/9237 "2014-10-27T19:00:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![driverk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@driverk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/driverk)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-feature-to-remove-pens-in-easychart/9237/1 "2014-10-27T19:00:56Z")

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7.7.0 release notes included this item:

“Added Functionality - Easy chart pens can now optionally be user-removable.”

I cannot identify the property that disables the ability to remove pens. (The feature is enabled by default.) How does one do that? The pen control is simply a binary property that shows the pen control legend or not.

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-feature-to-remove-pens-in-easychart/9237/2 "2014-10-27T19:59:55Z")

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To clarify, this feature is available in the client, or designer in preview mode. As long as the attribute in a pen’s dataset called USER\_REMOVABLE is true, there is a “X” that appears next to the pen name on the chart that allows a client user to remove a pen from a chart.