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# Disabling the Distributed Cloud Firewall Feature

> If you disable Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF), the following occurs:

If you disable Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF), the following occurs:

**Features are disabled:**

* Enforcement on PSF Gateways (card is removed from the Settings tab)
* Enforcement on External Connections (card is removed from the Settings tab)
* Enforcement on Transit Egress (card is removed from the Settings tab)
* DCF for Kubernetes SmartGroups
* WebGroups
* ExternalGroups

**Tab behavior changes:**

* The Policies tab and Monitor tab become unavailable and show the Distributed
  Cloud Firewall Begin splash screen.
* The Detected Intrusions tab will only show historical data.
* The Egress > Overview tab does not display (specific to Egress Security
  Score).
* The Egress Security Score functionality is removed from the Egress VPC/VNets
  tab (if using Controller 8.0).

To disable the Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF) feature:

1. To disable the DCF feature, navigate to **Security > Distributed Cloud
   Firewall > Settings**.

2. Click **Disable** on the Distributed Cloud Firewall card. You are prompted
   that disabling the feature will remove all DCF-related features and
   functionality.

3. Click **Disable** to confirm.

Clean up any remaining DCF rules:

1. On the **Security > Distributed Cloud Firewall > Settings** tab, click
   **Clean up Policies** on the Distributed Cloud Firewall card.

2. You are prompted that cleaning up policies means all rules will be deleted,
   and that you will not be able to recover them.

3. Select the **I understand that this action cannot be undone** checkbox and
   click **Clean Up** to confirm.

* <a href={"/docs/enterprise/" + "10.1" + "/guides/security/dcf/dcf-enable-feature"}>Enabling the Distributed Cloud Firewall Feature</a>
* <a href={"/docs/enterprise/" + "10.1" + "/guides/security/dcf/dcf-create-groups"}>Creating Groups for Distributed Cloud Firewall</a>