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# Remove Auth

## **Disable Authentication Temporary**

Disabling authentication temporarily is generally not recommended due to security risks. However, if you have a specific scenario where you need to disable authentication for a short period, here are some steps you can follow:

1. Comment out the `AuthGuard` wrapper for the routes within the `DashboardLayout` element:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="NEXT(TS)" %}
{% code title="src/app/(dashboard)/layout.tsx" %}

```typescript
// project-imports
import DashboardLayout from 'layout/DashboardLayout';
// import AuthGuard from 'utils/route-guard/AuthGuard';

// ==============================|| DASHBOARD LAYOUT ||============================== //

export default function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    // <AuthGuard>
          <DashboardLayout>{children}</DashboardLayout>
    // </AuthGuard>
  );
}
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NEXT(JS)" %}

<pre class="language-javascript" data-title="src/app/(dashboard)/layout.jsx"><code class="lang-javascript">// project-imports
import DashboardLayout from 'layout/DashboardLayout';
<strong>// import AuthGuard from 'utils/route-guard/AuthGuard';
</strong>
// ==============================|| DASHBOARD LAYOUT ||============================== //

export default function Layout({ children }) {
  return (
    // &#x3C;AuthGuard>
          &#x3C;DashboardLayout>{children}&#x3C;/DashboardLayout>
    // &#x3C;/AuthGuard>
  );
}
</code></pre>

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

In the code snippet above, the `<AuthGuard>` a component is commented out, allowing the routes within the `DashboardLayout`component to be rendered without authentication protection. To enable the AuthGuard wrapper again, remove the comment markers (`//`) surrounding the `<AuthGuard>` component.

## Remove Authentication Permanent

If you want to remove authentication from a system or application permanently, here are the steps to follow:

1. Remove below authentication keys below from **`next.config.js`** file.

{% code title="next.config.js" %}

```javascript
...
.
NEXT_APP_JWT_SECRET: 
NEXT_APP_JWT_TIMEOUT: 
NEXTAUTH_SECRET_KEY: 

```

{% endcode %}

2. Removed below list of files and directories.

{% code title="" %}

```typescript
├── src
│   ├── app       
│   │   ├── auth (remove directory with all sub files)
│   │   ├── api (remove directory with all sub files)
│   ├── views
│   │   ├── authentication (remove directory with all sub files)
│   │   ├── auth (remove directory with all sub files)
│   ├── sections
│   │   ├── auth (remove directory with all sub files)
│   ├── utils
│   │   ├── route-guard (remove directory with all sub files)
│   │   ├── authOptions.ts
```

{% endcode %}

3. Commented out the full file **`./src/utils/axios.ts`**
4. Remove or change **`/login`** routes.
   * **If you want to remove routes**, remove the router component  `Link` with `href=''` props.
   * **If you want to change url**, set the home page URL like, `to={APP_DEFAULT_PATH}` , And import `APP_DEFAULT_PATH` from `config` file.


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