---
title: "The xDB and tracker configuration settings"
slug: "the-xdb-and-tracker-configuration-settings"
abstract: ""
---
# The xDB and tracker configuration settings

The `Sitecore.Xdb.config` configuration file contains the settings that allow you to enable or disable the xDB and the tracker:

- Setting: Notes
- `Xdb.Enabled`: Enable or disable tracking in the xDB on the reporting server.To run in CMS-only mode, you must set this setting to false to prevent the recording, reporting, and aggregation of data in the xDB.

```text
<setting name="Xdb.Enabled" value="false" />

```

- `Xdb.Tracking.Enabled`: Enable or disable tracking on the Content Management and Content Delivery roles.

```text
<setting name="Xdb.Tracking.Enabled" value="false" />

```

The `web.config` file contains an additional setting that allows you to disable the Email Experience Manager (EXM):

| Setting | Notes |
| --- | --- |
| `exmEnabled` | When you disable xDB, you must also disable EXM. Open the `web.config` file. In the `<appSettings>` section, in the `<add key="exmEnabled:define" value="yes"/>` setting, change the value to `no`. |

> [!note]
> If you have an Experience Manager license, the `Xdb.Enabled` setting always resolves to `false`.