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# Disabling authentication

To disable GitLab authentication and provisioning in SonarQube Server 2025.4, you must disable the GitLab authentication configuration.

## Disabling the GitLab configuration <a href="#disabling-config" id="disabling-config"></a>

1. Go to **Administration > Configuration > General Settings > Authentication > GitLab**.
2. If the automatic provisioning mode is enabled, disable it as follows:
3. In the **Provisioning** section, select the **Just-in-time user provisioning** option.
4. Select the **Save** button.
5. Select **Disable configuration**.
6. You can delete the configuration by selecting the **Delete** button. In that case, you won’t be able to re-enable this configuration.

## Re-enabling the GitLab configuration <a href="#reenable-config" id="reenable-config"></a>

1. Go to **Administration > Configuration > General Settings > Authentication > GitLab**.
2. Select **Enable configuration**.
3. If you had configured the automatic provisioning mode, select the **Automatic user, group, and permission provisioning** option. Your previous settings are kept.

## Related pages <a href="#related-pages" id="related-pages"></a>

* [Just-in-Time provisioning](/sonarqube-server/2025.4/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/provisioning-modes/just-in-time.md)
* [Automatic provisioning](/sonarqube-server/2025.4/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/provisioning-modes/automatic.md)
* [Setting up authentication](/sonarqube-server/2025.4/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/setting-up.md)


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