# Remove/lock some components from the Ignition Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-lock-some-components-from-the-ignition-designer/12541>\
**Category:** 3rd Party Modules\
**Created:** [January 11, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-lock-some-components-from-the-ignition-designer/12541 "2017-01-11T11:04:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mmacerl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmacerl/32/4024_2.png) [@Mmacerl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mmacerl)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-lock-some-components-from-the-ignition-designer/12541/1 "2017-01-11T11:04:12Z")

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Is there a way I can lock or remove some of the components from the Ignition designer? For example I would like to lock LED Display component, so users working with the designer can’t use it.  
Thank you for the answer.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-lock-some-components-from-the-ignition-designer/12541/2 "2017-01-11T13:48:08Z")

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You could write a module for designer scope that removes that item from the designer palette. Look at the component sample and instead of adding a component, iterate through the list of component items in the palette group, then use [removePaletteItem()](http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition784rc1/com/inductiveautomation/vision/api/designer/palette/PaletteItemGroup.html#removePaletteItem-com.inductiveautomation.vision.api.designer.palette.PaletteItem-) to delete it. Possibly perform this conditionally based on the logged-in user.